Galactic Empires Volume One

Overview:

  • Title: Galactic Empires Volume One
  • Author: Brian Aldiss
  • Year: 1979
  • ISBN-10: 0380423413
  • Publisher: Avon
  • Price: $2.25
  • Pages: xvi+331
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Foundation
  • Notes:
    • First Avon printing February 1979.
    • No printing number line in book.
    • Copyright © 1976 by Brian W. Aldiss.
    • "Brian Aldiss" on title page, front cover and spine.
    • Introduction signed "Brian Aldiss."
    • Printed in the U.S.A.
    • "Cover illustration by Alex Ebel" on copyright page. Signature "Alex/Ebel" on bottom center back cover. Art is wraparound.
    • "A Science Fiction Book Club Selection" on bottom right front cover.
    • Individual stories' copyright data on page following copyright page.
    • We're Civilized! on ToC and story title page, but story copyright page lists it as We're Civilized.
    • The book is divided into "Section 1: Rise and Shine" (the first seven stories), which is in turn divided into "i: A Sense of Perspective" and "ii: 'Wider Still and Wider...'" then "Section 2: Maturity or Bust" (the last seven stories), which is in turn divided into "i: Horses in the Starship Hold" and "ii: The Health Service in the Skies." The subsections have untitled, unsigned introductions which are listed in this index by the subsection titles.