Science fiction
novel.
Series: Riverworld
#4.
Nominated for the Locus
Award (1981 - Best SF Novel: 10th).
Also published as an Audio Book (2010) and as an eBook (2010).
DEDICATION: "For Harlan Ellison, Leslie Fiedler, and Norman Spinrad,
alivest of the alive."
COVER TEXT:
The answers
behind the mind-bending origins of Riverworld lie at last within reach,
as the remarkable gathering of Earthlings - including Sir Richard
Francis Burton, Samuel Clemens, Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the real-life
Alice in Wonderland), Cyrano de Bergerac, Ulysses S. Grant, and Baron
Von Richtoven - finally breaches the stronghold of Riverworld's
extraordinary super-race.
But answers would lead to more mind-bending
questions...
Who is the Mysterious Stranger who taunted the Riverworld
resurrectees with hints of the truth? What is the key to the gargantuan
computer that wields the power of life and death? The astonishing
secrets lie within the Dark Tower - but only for those brave enough to
seek them and wise enough to decipher them...
(Ballantine/Del Rey edition.)
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FIRST PUBLICATION
New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
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ISBN 0-399-12381-4
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
04/1980 (1st)
339
$ 11.95
Vincent Di Fate
Black slick cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering on the spine. No
statement of first printing in the book. With an
Author's Foreword.
Scheduled for publication in June 1980. This date (8006) has been
printed on the front inside flap of the dustjacket. But due to a
mistake with the publisher it was actually
published in April 1980, a month before instead of a month after the
limited edition by Phantasia Press.
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Huntington Woods, MI:
Phantasia Press
-
ISBN 0-932096-04-2
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
05/1980
339
$ 30.00
Alex Schomburg
Limited edition of five hundred copies, signed and numbered by Farmer.
Dark brown leatherette covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine
and the letters 'PJF' in gilt on the front board. 'First Edition'
stated as such on the copyright page. In a slipcase, which is also
covered with dark brown leatherette. With an Author's Foreword.
This edition should have been the first publication, but it came out as
the second one because of a mistake at Berkley/Putnam.
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New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
-
ISBN 0-399-12381-4
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
not dated [= -/1980] (2nd)
not dated [= -/1980] (3rd)
not dated [= -/1980] (4th)
not dated [= -/1980] (5th)
339
$ 11.95
Vincent Di Fate
Black slick cloth covered boards, with gilt lettering on the
spine. Printing information stated as
such ('Second Impression', 'Third Impression', etc.) on the copyright
page. With an
Author's Foreword.
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New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
/ BCE
Book Club Edition, SFBC #2585
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
not dated [= 11/1980; date code K43]
not dated [= 07/1981; date code L27]
not dated [= 04/1987; date code R16]
406
$ 4.98
Vincent Di Fate
Yellow paper covered boards, with black leatherette spine. Blue
lettering on the spine. First printing with date code K43 on page 405.
Several times reprinted. With an Author's Foreword.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-04854-3
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1981 (1st)
not dated [= -/1981] (2nd)
not dated [= 09/1981] (3rd)
-/1982 (4th)
400
$ 2.75
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With an Author's Foreword. The first three printings have all
been used in the boxed set of
Riverworld books in
1981.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-06261-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
01/1983 (5th)
07/1983 (6th)
11/1983 (7th)
400
$ 2.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-07687-3
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
07/1984 (8th)
400
$ 2.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-08621-6
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1985 (9th)
400
$ 3.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-09550-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
03/1986 (10th)
400
$ 3.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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New York, NY: Ace Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-441-51557-6
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
10/1987 (1st)
400
$ 3.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41970-7
trade paperback (20,5×13,5cm)
08/1998 (1st)
not dated [= unknown] (2nd)
not dated [= unknown] (3rd)
not dated [= unknown] (4th)
400
$ 12.95
John Stevens
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copyright page. With an Author's Foreword.
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41970-7
trade paperback (20,5×13,5cm)
not dated [= -/2002] (5th)
400
$ 13.95
John Stevens
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copyright page. With an Author's Foreword.
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New York, NY: Random House /
Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41970-7
trade paperback (20,5×13,5cm)
not dated [= unknown] (6th)
not dated [= unknown] (7th)
400
$ 13.95
John Stevens
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copyright page. With an Author's Foreword.
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New York, NY: Tor Books
-
ISBN 978-0-7653-2655-3
trade paperback (21×14cm)
11/2010
445
$ 17.99
(movie still)
First printing indicated in a row of numbers on the copyright page.
With an Author's Foreword.
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UK
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London: Granada
Panther Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05387-5
paperback (17,5×11cm)
01/1981
496
£ 1.50
Melvyn Grant
With an Author's Foreword.
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London: Granada
Panther Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05387-5
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1981 (2nd)
496
£ 1.95
Melvyn Grant
With an Author's Foreword.
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London: Granada
Panther Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05387-5
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1982 (3rd)
-/1982 (4th)
496
£ 1.95
Melvyn Grant
With an Author's Foreword. The third printing is also included in the
boxed set of Riverworld
books in 1982.
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London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05387-5
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1985 (5th)
496
£ 2.50
Melvyn Grant
With an Author's Foreword. The fifth printing is also included in the
boxed set of Riverworld
books in 1985.
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London: Grafton Books
Panther Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05387-5
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1986 (6th)
496
£ 2.95
Melvyn Grant
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London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05387-5
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1989 (7th)
496
£ 3.50
Melvyn Grant
With an Author's Foreword.
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CZECH REPUBLIC
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Czech: Magický
labyrint
Prague: Triton Books / Trifid
-
ISBN 80-7254-337-7
paperback (16,5×11cm)
07/2003
491
Kč 239,00
Jan Pavlík
Martin Zhouf
With an Author's Foreword. And with an article by Martin
Šust about PJF's writing career, mentioning along nearly all
of his novels and several of the stories.
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FRANCE
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et Demain
ISBN 2-221-00862-6
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
02/1982 (1st)
397
FF 72
Charles Canet
none
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et Demain
ISBN 2-221-00862-6
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
07/1985 (2nd)
397
FF 76
Charles Canet
none
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: J'ai Lu
Sience-fiction, No. 2088
ISBN 2-277-22088-4
paperback (16,5×11cm)
10/1986
12/1987
509
-
Charles Canet
Donald Grant
With an Author's Foreword.
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science Fiction, No. 7157
ISBN 2-253-06395-9
paperback (16,5×11cm)
05/1993
04/1995
08/1997
405
-
Charles Canet
Manchu
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-fiction, No. 7157
ISBN 2-253-06395-9
paperback (18×11cm)
01/2000
511
FF 44
Charles Canet
Manchu
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-fiction, No. 7157
ISBN 2-253-06395-9
paperback (18×11cm)
06/2003
511
€ 6,75
Charles Canet
Manchu
With an Author's Foreword.
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French: Le
labyrinthe magique
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-fiction, No. 7157
ISBN 978-2-253-06395-7
paperback (18×11cm)
07/2009 (7th)
511
€ 6,95
Charles Canet
Manchu
With an Author's Foreword.
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GERMANY
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German: Das
magische Labyrinth
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3836
ISBN 3-453-30739-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1981 (1st)
-/1982 (2nd)
-/1984 (3rd)
463
DM 8,80
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
-
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German: Das
magische Labyrinth
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3836
ISBN 3-453-30739-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1985 (4th)
-/1988 (5th)
-/1989 (6th)
-/1990 (7th)
-/1992 (8th)
-/1994 (9th)
463
DM ?
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
-
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German: Das magische
Labyrinth
as Flußwelt-Zyklus
(not a booktitle)
Augsburg: Bechtermünz
Science Fiction
ISBN 3-86047-528-2
hardcover [no dustjacket] (18,5×12cm)
-/1996
-/1997
463
DM 39,90 (for all four books in the set)
Ronald M. Hahn
David Mattingly
Pictorial boards. Four hardcover books with the same ISBN, they were
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German: Das magische
Labyrinth
München: Piper
Serie Piper No. 6660
ISBN 978-3-492-26660-4
paperback (19×12cm)
11/2008
556
€ 8,95
Ronald M. Hahn
Markus Gann
Included is an extra Riverworld story, "Die Überquerung des
dunklen
Flusses" ("Crossing
the Dark River").
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ISRAEL
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Hebrew:המבוך
הקסום (Hamavokh haqasum)
Tel Aviv: Odyssey Publishing House
-
ISBN 965-7198-?-
trade paperback (21×13,5cm)
-/2004
416
-
Amit Kling
unknown
-
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ITALY
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Italian: Il
labirinto magico
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di fantascienza, 113/114
ISBN 88-429-0119-9
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
07/1981
vi + 406
L 7.000
Roberta Rambelli
Franco Storchi
Paperback with a dustjacket. With an introduction by Sandro Pergameno.
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Italian: Il
labirinto magico
as Ciclo completo del Mondo
del fiume
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di fantascienza, 113/114
ISBN 88-429-0242-X
trade paperback (19×12,5cm)
10/1983 (2nd)
vi + 406
L 20.000 (box price)
Roberta Rambelli
Franco Storchi
Boxed set of four paperbacks with dustjackets. These books were not
sold separately. With an introduction by Sandro Pergameno.
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Italian: Il
labirinto magico
in Riverworld, Il mondo del
Fiume (2)
Milan: Nord
Grandi Opere 21
ISBN 88-429-0604-2
trade paperback (21×14cm)
10/1992
596 (counted from 781 till 1376, following Volume 1)
L 50.000 (for both volumes)
Roberta Rambelli
Peter A. Jones
The two omnibus volumes have the same ISBN. The books were not sold
separately. Omnibus, together with Gods of Riverworld.
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Italian: Il
labirinto magico
Milan: Mondadori
Urania 1230
no ISBN
trade paperback (19×13cm)
05/1994
352
L 5.000
Roberta Rambelli
not credited [= Oscar Chichoni]
-
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Italian: Il
labirinto magico
Milan: Mondadori
Bestsellers Oscar 583
ISBN 88-04-40345-4
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
06/1995
447
L 13.000
Roberta Rambelli
Jacopo Bruno
-
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JAPAN
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Japanese: 魔法の迷宮 上
(Maho no Meikyu 1)
Tokyo: Hayakawa
SF 621
ISBN 4-15-010621-5
paperback (16×11cm)
07/1985
283
¥ 380
Hiroyuki Okabe
Noboru Nonaka
Original novel published in two volumes, this is part 1.
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Japanese: 魔法の迷宮 下
(Maho no Meikyu 2)
Tokyo: Hayakawa
SF 622
ISBN 4-15-010622-3
paperback (16×11cm)
07/1985
369
¥ 460
Hiroyuki Okabe
Noboru Nonaka
Original novel published in two volumes, this is part 2.
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PORTUGAL
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Portuguese: O
labirinto mágico /1
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #289
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
not dated [= -/1981]
173
-
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro
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Portuguese: O
labirinto mágico /2
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #290
no ISBN
paperback (16×1cm)
not dated [= -/1981]
177
-
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro
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Portuguese: O
labirinto mágico /3
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #291
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
not dated [= -/1981]
185
-
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro
Original novel published in three volumes.
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ROMANIA
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Romanian: Labirintul
Magic
Bucharest: Nemira
Nautilus Science Fiction
ISBN 978-973-569-936-9
paperback (18×11cm)
11/2007
569
Lei 29,90
Gabriel Stoian
David Ho
-
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RUSSIA
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Russian: Магический
лабиринт
in Ф.Фармер (5): Магический лабиринт
Moscow & St Petersburg: Troll
Меч и Посох
ISBN 5-87365-018-7 / ISBN 5-87399-034-4
hardcover (22×14,5cm)
-/1995
512
-
M. Nachmanson
photo: S.P. Bondarenko
Omnibus, together with Dare.
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Russian: Магический
лабиринт
in Миры
Филипа Фармера 8
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-163-4
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
07/1996
319
-
N. Vilenskaya
?
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Russian: Магический
лабиринт
in Магический лабиринт
Moscow: AST
St Petersburg: Sewereo-Zapad Press
Золотая библиотека фантастики
ISBN 5-17-011035-9 / ISBN 5-93698-088-5
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13cm)
01/2002
602
-
M. Nachmanson
M. Kalinkin
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Russian: Магический
лабиринт
in Мир Реки: Магический
лабиринт
Moscow: Eksmo
St Petersburg: Domino
Шедевры фантастики
ISBN 978-5-699-24469-0
hardcover (20×13cm)
11/2007
704
242 руб
N. Vilenskaya
?
Omnibus, together with Gods of Riverworld.
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SPAIN
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Spanish: El
laberinto magico
Madrid: Ultramar
Bolsillo / Ciencia Ficcion
ISBN 84-7386-338-0
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
-/1983 (1st)
436
-
Domingo Santos
Antoni Garcés
-
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Spanish: El
laberinto magico
Barcelona: Ultramar
Bolsillo / Ciencia Ficcion-5
ISBN 84-7386-338-0
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
-/1985 (2nd)
-/1986 (3rd)
-/1988 (4th)
436
-
Domingo Santos
Antoni Garcés
-
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 "Vincent Di Fate")
 "Don Ivan Punchatz")
 "Don Ivan Punchatz")
 "Don Ivan Punchatz")
 "Don Ivan Punchatz")
 "Don Ivan Punchatz")
 "Don Ivan Punchatz")
 "John Stevens")
 "-")
 "Melvyn Grant")
 "Melvyn Grant")
 "Melvyn Grant")
 "Melvyn Grant")
 "Melvyn Grant")
 "Melvyn Grant")
 "Martin Zhouf")
 "-")
 "-")
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 "Manchu")
 "Manchu")
 "Manchu")
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 "Manchu")
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 "Markus Gann")
 "-")
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