Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
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Overview:
- Title: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
- Author: Frederik Pohl
- Year: 1980
- Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine / SFBC
- Price: $3.50
- Pages: 279
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon
- Notes:
- "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front inside flap indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
- Main selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for October 1980.
- No printed price or stated month of publication. Both given here taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
- Gutter code "K36" on page 278 indicates a printing in September 1980.
- Gutter code "V13" on page [281] is also verified. This would indicate a printing date in March 1980, shortly after the book's trade edition release. This may indicate that the book was available earlier to another Doubleday book club or that the numbers were transposed as V31 would make more sense.
- Known reprint codes: "L07" (February 1981), "L50" (December 1981), "O16" (April 1984),"O44" [verified] (October 1984) on page 278 and the SFBC # on the back cover.
- "3867" printed at the bottom of the back inside flap of the dustjacket.
- "Cover Painting: Wayne Douglas Barlowe" (over) "Jacket Design: Ann Silver" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket, the artwork also has his initials.
- V13 printing 1/4 bound in navy leatherette with gold boards and lettering; O44 printing 1/4 bound in navy cloth with bright orange boards and gold lettering