Hard to Be a God

Overview:

  • Title: Hard to Be a God
  • Author: Arkady Strugatsky, Boris Strugatsky
  • Year: Unknown
  • ISBN-10: 9781473208292
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £9.99
  • Pages: viii+246
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Hard to Be a God
  • Notes:
    Stated 4th printing of the 2015 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "Hard to Be a God [over] Arkady and [over] Boris Strugatsky [over] Translated by Olena Bormashenko" Gollancz colophon.
    Copyright page:
    • "Copyright © Arkady and Boris Strugatsky 1964"
    • "English language translation copyright © Chicago Review Press, Incorporated 2014"
    • "Introduction copyright © Ken MacLeod 2014"
    • "Afterword copyright © Boris Strugatsky 2014"
    • "This edition first published in Great Britain in 2015 by [over] Gollancz [over] An imprint of the Orion Publishing Group [over] Orion House, 5 Upper St Martin's Lane, London WC2H 9EA"
    • "An Hachette UK Company"
    • Number line: "5 7 9 10 8 6 4"
    • "ISBN 978 1 473 20829 2"
    • "Printed in Great Britain by [over] Clays Ltd, St Ives plc"
    Back cover:
    • "Illustration by Eamon O'Donoghue"
    • "UK £9.99" (no additional pricing)
    Spine:
    • SF Masterworks, Hard to Be a God in black; Arkady & Boris Strugatsky in red, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    Introduction is titled "Introduction [over] by Ken MacLeod", and signed "Ken MacLeod" on page viii. Afterword is titled "Afterword [over] by Boris Strugatsky", but unsigned on numbered page 246. Semi-gloss cover.