Endgame

Overview:

  • Title: Endgame
  • Author: C. J. Cherryh
  • Year: 1991
  • ISBN-10: 0886774810
  • Publisher: DAW Books
  • Price: $4.99
  • Pages: [10]+312+[14]
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Endgame
  • Notes:
    • The title is stated as
      • Merovingen Nights / Endgame on the title page.
      • #7 / Merovingen Nights / Endgame on the front cover.
      • Merovingen Nights #7 / Endgame on the spine.
    • DAW Book Collectors No. 857.
    • First printing that states "First Printing, August 1991 / 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 / Printed in the U.S.A."
    • Dual priced: USA $4.99 / Canada $5.99.
    • The story titles are stated in the table of contents and body of the book with "(Reprised)" and "(Concluded)" as part of the title. While the publication is an anthology it reads like a braided novel as the editor and authors did some coordination so that the stories flow together.
    • Several of the stories are connected with a story titled Endgame (Reprised). As a bibliographic convenience these were numbered #1 to #6. This numbering is not stated in the publication.
    • Likewise, there are two separate stories titled Family Ties (Reprised). As a bibliographic convenience these were numbered #1 and #2. This numbering is not stated in the publication.
    • The publication has 10 unnumbered pages of material before page one and 14 unnumbered pages after page 312. Some of this is material we would not normally document as part of an ISFDB publication record but as there are several pages of maps plus a vignette I've created a full contents index for this material.
      • [1] Uncredited vignette titled Get Out!. This is most likely an excerpt but it'll need some careful reading of the book to figure out which story this is from.
      • [2] List of books by C. J. Cherryh set in The Alliance-Union Universe.
      • [3] List of anthologies edited by C. J. Cherryh in the Merovingen Nights anthology series.
      • [4] (blank)
      • [5] Title page.
      • [6] Title verso or copyright page.
      • [7] Contents.
      • [8] Contents (second page).
      • [9] Map titled Merovin.
      • [10] (blank)
      • [313] Page that just says Maps.
      • [314] Map titled Merovin: (first quarter - frontispiece map). It is the upper-left quarter of the map that's on page [9] though showing more detail.
      • [315] Map titled Merovin: (second quarter - frontispiece map). It is the upper-right quarter of the map that's on page [9] though showing more detail.
      • [316] Map titled Merovin: (third quarter - frontispiece map). It is the lower-right quarter of the map that's on page [9] though showing more detail.
      • [317] Map titled Merovin: (fourth quarter - frontispiece map). It is the lower-right quarter of the map that's on page [9] though showing more detail.
      • [318] Map titled Ventani Isle: (Canalside Level showing Moghi's Tavern). This is showing a portion of the fourth quarter map on page [317] in greater detail.
      • [319] Map titled Sundance Ocean Floor.
      • [320] Map titled Major Eastern Oceanic Currents (affecting climate).
      • [321] Map titled Western. It's in the same style as the map on page [320] and could have been titled Major Western Oceanic Currents (affecting climate).
      • [322] Map titled Western Hemisphere.
      • [323] Map titled Eastern Hemisphere.
      • [324] Order form for "C. J. Cherryh / The Alliance-Union Universe" publications.
      • [325] Order form for "More Top-Flight Science Fiction and Fantasy from C. J. Cherryh" publications.
      • [326] Order form for "A Superstar in the DAW Firmament! / Mercedes Lackey" publications.