Classic Science Fiction Stories

Overview:

  • Title: Classic Science Fiction Stories
  • Author: Tig Thomas
  • Year: 2011
  • ISBN-10: 9781848104778
  • Publisher: Miles Kelly Publishing
  • Price: £14.99
  • Pages: 511
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: A Martian Odyssey
  • Notes:
    • "First published in 2011".
    • "Mfg date: Apr 2011" on back cover, amazon.uk has the publication date as 2011-07.
    • First printing by number line 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1.
    • "Compiled by Tig Thomas" on spine and title page, he/she is not mentioned anywhere else.
    • Binding is 'Flexiback', more similar to a hardcover than a trade paperback: stitched quires not glued to the spine, endpapers, but the 'boards' are quite thin and flexible.
    • Full colour throughout, interior art/photos credits are numerous: 7 artists, and 2 .coms [total of 43 photographs/images]
    • There are close to 500 separate pieces of artwork, none signed
    • All stories are dated by year alongside the title on their first pages. 'Planetoid 127' is incorrectly dated 1926, and 'In a Thousand Years' is dated 1852, with no source specified for the year.
    • Also priced $23.95.