The Molecule Men

Overview:

  • Title: The Molecule Men
  • Author: Fred Hoyle, Geoffrey Hoyle
  • Year: 1973
  • Publisher: Harper & Row / SFBC
  • Price: $1.49
  • Pages: 214
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Collection
  • Title Reference: The Monster of Loch Ness
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dust jacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for Winter 1973 (received at the end of January)
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Price is from a later SFBC announcement flyer. Date is taken from the list supplied by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.art.sf.written newsgroup.
    • "5544" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dust jacket.
    • First printing has gutter code "D1" on page 209, indicates a printing in the first week of January 1973. A later printing has the gutter code "E11" [verified] (March 1974).
    • Cover art is not credited. There is no visible signature.
    • "First published in England under the title The Molecule Men and the Monster of Loch Ness" stated on the copyright page.