Galactic Empires: Volume Two

Overview:

• Title: Galactic Empires: Volume Two
• Author: Brian Aldiss
• Year: 1979
• ISBN-10: 0380428792
• Publisher: Avon
• Price: $2.25
• Pages: xii+308
• Binding: Paperback
• Type: Anthology
• Title Reference: Beep
• Notes:
  • First Avon printing March 1979.
  • No printing number line in book.
  • Introduction and original material copyright © 1976 by Brian Aldiss.
  • "Cover illustration by Alex Ebel" on copyright page. Signature not found. Art is wraparound. Listed by Jane Frank.
  • "Acknowledgments" page opposite copyright page with individual stories' copyright information.
  • Epilogue appears to be an excerpt from "Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker".
  • "You Can't Impose Civilization by Force" starts with an excerpt from "Olaf Stapledon: Star Maker".
  • Interstitial material is titled, but not separately signed.
  • "Big Ancestors and Descendants" on ToC but Big Ancestors and Great Descendants on interstitial story title page.
  • "Brian Aldiss" on title page, front cover, and spine.
  • "A Science Fiction Book Club Selection" on front cover.
  • Floyd L. Wallace is shown as F. L. Wallace.