The Automated Goliath / The Three Suns of Amara

Overview:

  • Title: The Automated Goliath / The Three Suns of Amara
  • Author: William F. Temple
  • Year: 1962
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price: $0.40
  • Pages: 143+80
  • Binding: dos
  • Type: Omnibus
  • Title Reference: The Automated Goliath
  • Notes:
    • Both titles ©1962, same year from Tuck and Reginald; month from James Corrick
    • The publication date is not stated. The second printing of The Three Suns of Amara, Ace double 76380, gives April 1963 as the date of the first printing. However, this seems to be an inadvertent copying of the copyright page for the other half of that double and is likely not correct as it would have F-129 and F-195 printed in the same month. The sources for the 1962-02-00 date used with this ISFDB record are:
      1. At the time Ace was incrementing the Catalog # for each book published and generally released one specfict Ace Double title per month. F-127 was in January 1962 and F-133 was in March 1962. F-129 was most likely the February 1962 release.
      2. Both Tuck and Reginald1 have a 1962 date though neither of them specify the month.
      3. Corrick's Double Your Pleasure reports a February 1962 date.
    • Cover for The Automated Goliath is stated "First Book Publication"
      • The Automated Goliath 142 pages
    • Cover for The Three Suns of Amara is stated "Complete Novel"
      • The Three Suns of Amara 80 pages
    • Cover artist is not credited, EMSH is on both covers