Galactic Empires Volume One
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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.