1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures

Overview:

• Title: 1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures
• Author: Arthur C. Clarke
• Year: 1984
• ISBN-10: 0345313577
• Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
• Price: $14.95
• Pages: x+259
• Binding: Hardcover
• Type: Non-fiction
• Title Reference: 1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures
• Notes:
  • The title is stated as "1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures" on the spine and "1984: Spring" over "A Choice of Futures" on the half-title and title pages. The title is not stated on the copyright page. Within the book "1984: Spring" appears at the top of the even numbered pages.
  • "First Edition: February 1984"
  • First printing by the number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
  • This publication has "ISBN 0-345-31357-7" on the copyright page and the SBN 345-31357-7 on the back cover. In September 1984 Ballantine published Job: A Comedy of Justice by Robert A. Heinlein with "ISBN 0-345-31357-7" on the copyright page and the SBN 345-31649-5 on the back cover. As a result, some sources report that the ISBN 0-345-31357-7 is for Job: A Comedy of Justice rather than 1984: Spring / A Choice of Futures.
  • Cover photo: William Coupon.
  • Structured in four parts: ''I. The Weapons of Peace'' (pp. 3-84); ''II. Apollo and After'' (pp. 87-148): ''III. The Literary Scene'' (pp. 151-225); and ''IV. From the Coast of Coral'' (pp. 229-259).
  • Almost all pieces have prefatory notes about their origins (address, lecture, foreword, letter, etc.) as well as about the time and place of their first publication. Further information as regards to the latter is to be found on the ''Acknowledgements'' page which lists copyright and the date/place of first publication for each essay.