Bridging the Galaxies

Overview:

  • Title: Bridging the Galaxies
  • Author: Larry Niven
  • Year: 1993
  • Publisher: San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions
  • Price: $25.00
  • Pages: [2]+197+[2]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System
  • Notes:
    • Prepared for ConFrancisco, the 51st World Science Fiction Convention (September 2-6, 1993) in San Francisco.
    • Publication date from convention date.
    • Price from PV's purchase at the convention.
    • Edited by Debbie Notkin.
    • "Collection of four stories, three essays, and a planetarium script, most apparently original. With an introduction by Niven and illustrations by Alicia Austin. This is the Guest of Honor book for ConFrancisco. " - from Locus1
    • Limited to 200 numbered copies in blue cloth slipcase.
    • Page numbering incorrect in table of contents. The listing in ISFDB is the corrected one.
      "Where Next Columbus" is listed on page 63 in the table of contents but actually appears on page 65.
      "The Color of Sunfire" is listed as on page 111 in the table of contents. It actually appears on page 73.
      "The Léshy Circuit" is listed as on page 131 in the table of contents. It is actually entitled "The Léshy Circuit: Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show" and appears on page 87.
      "Tabletop Fusion" is listed as on page 83 in the table of contents. It actually appears on page 107
      "The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System" is listed as on page 103 in the table of contents. It actually appears on page 115.
      "It's Only a Story" is listed as being on page 71 in the table of contents. It actually appears on page 121.
      "Intercon Trip Report" is listed as on page 117 in the table of contents. It is actually entitled "Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991" and appears on page 135.
      "All the Bridges Rusting" is listed as on page 139 in the table of contents. It actually appears on page 143.
      "Bibliography (Bridging the Galaxies)" is listed as on page 169 in the table of contents. It actually appears on page 173.
    • Most copies were signed by Niven and Austin at the convention but not all copies had signatures. It was not issued signed.
    • The two un-numbered pages at the beginning of the book are an introduction and a poem entitled "In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead."
    • Page [199] is Editor acknowledgements.