Jem

Overview:

  • Title: Jem
  • Author: Frederik Pohl
  • Year: 1979
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press / SFBC
  • Price: $3.50
  • Pages: 314
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: Jem
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for September 1979.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer and Locus #226 (October 1979). The date is confirmed by a printing statement in the first Bantam paperback.
    • The first SFBC printing has the gutter code "J20" on page 313 indicating a printing in May 1979.
    • Known reprint codes: "J32" (August 1979), "K31" (August 1980 from an Abebooks.com listing), "M39" (September 1982 with the SFBC # on the back cover).
    • "5603" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • "Jacket design by Irv Freeman" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • J20 printing has burgundy leatherette boards with silver lettering; J32 printing has burgundy leatherette boards with black lettering; M39 printing 1/4 bound in burgundy cloth with grey boards and orange lettering