Science
fiction novel.
Series: Riverworld
#3
Nominated for the Locus
Award (1978 - Best Novel: 14th).
DEDICATION: "To Sam Long and my godson David, son of Doctor Docter."
COVER TEXT:
Years have
passed on Riverworld. Entire nations have risen, and savage wars have
been fought - all since Earth's dead found themselves resurrected in
their magnificent new homeworld. Yet the truth about the Ethicals, the
powerful engineers of this mysterious "afterlife", remains unknown. But
a curious cross-section of humanity is determined to change that
situation...at any cost.
Intrepid explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton
leads the most remarkable voyage of discovery he has ever undertaken.
Hot on his heels are Samuel Clemens, King John of England, and Cyrano
de Bergerac. Spurred by the promise of ultimate answers, they chart a
course across the vast polar sea - and toward the awesome tower that
looms above it. But getting there will be more than half the battle.
For death on Riverworld has become chillingly final...
(Ballantine/Del Rey edition.)
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FIRST PUBLICATION
New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
-
ISBN 0-399-12031-9
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
10/1977
412
$ 9.95
Vincent Di Fate
Dark blue cloth boards, with silver lettering on the spine. No
statement of printing on the copyright page. With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
-
ISBN 0-399-12031-9
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
10/1977 (2nd)
412
$ 9.95
Vincent Di Fate
Dark blue cloth boards, with silver lettering on the spine. 'Second
Impression' stated on the copyright page. Otherwise exactly the same
data as with the first printing, including the printing date (7710) on
the dustjacket. With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley
Medallion Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-03831-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
07/1978 (1st)
not dated [= -/1978] (2nd)
not dated [= -/1978] (3rd)
not dated [= -/1979] (4th)
xii + 403
$ 2.25
not credited [= Vincent Di Fate]
The title is in in red gilt on the cover. With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley
Medallion Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-03831-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
not dated [= -/1979] (5th)
not dated [= -/1980] (6th)
not dated [= -/1980] (7th)
xii + 403
$ 2.25
not credited [= Vincent Di Fate]
With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley
/ Putnam / BCE
Book Club Edition (SFBC), #2679
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
11/1980
xiv + 428
not priced [= $ 7.98]
Vincent Di Fate
Dark blue paper boards and black leatherette spine, with blue lettering
on the spine. With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-05027-0
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1981 (8th)
09/1981 (8th)
xii + 403
$ 2.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword
by PJF. There is also a 'second' eight printing with exactly the same
data, only with a publishing date of 09/1981. Both printings have been
used in the boxed set of
Riverworld books in 1981.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-05546-9
paperback(17,5×10,5cm)
11/1981 (9th)
01/1983 (10th)
xii + 403
$ 2.75
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-06584-7
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
06/1983 (11th)
10/1983 (12th)
xii + 403
$ 2.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-07284-3
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
12/1983 (13th)
xii + 403
$ 2.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-08678-X
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1985 (14th)
xii + 403
$ 3.50
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
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by PJF.
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-09842-7
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
06/1986 (15th)
xii + 403
$ 3.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Ace Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-441-13817-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
08/1988 (1st)
xii + 403
$ 3.95
not credited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41969-3
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
08/1998 (1st)
not dated [= unknown] (2nd)
not dated [= unknown] (3rd)
not dated [= unknown] (4th)
452
$ 12.95
John Stevens
The number of printing is indicated in a row of numbers on the
copyright page. With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41969-3
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
not dated [= -/2002] (5th)
not dated [= unknown] (6th)
not dated [= unknown] (7th)
452
$ 13.95
John Stevens
The number of printing is indicated in a row of numbers on the
copyright page. With a foreword
by PJF.
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New York, NY: Random House /
Del
Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41969-3
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
not dated [= unknown] (8th)
452
$ 14.95
John Stevens
The number of printing is indicated in a row of numbers on the
copyright page. With a foreword
by PJF.
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UK
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St Albans, Herts: Granada /
Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
04/1979 (1st)
-/1979 (2nd)
464
£ 1.25
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF. The second printing is also included in the boxed set of Riverworld books in
1979.
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St Albans, Herts: Granada /
Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1982 (3rd)
464
£ 1.95
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF. The third printing is also included in the boxed set of Riverworld books in
1982.
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St Albans, Herts: Granada
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
07/1983 (4th)
464
£ 1.95
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF.
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London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1985 (5th)
464
£ 2.50
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF. The fifth printing is also included in the boxed set of Riverworld books in
1985.
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London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1986 (6th)
464
£ 2.95
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF. This book wrongly mentions reprints in 1980 and 1981, but
leaves out the 1982 and 1985 printings.
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London: Severn House
-
ISBN 0-7278-1448-6
hardcover (20,5×13cm)
06/1987
464
£ 10.95
Nigel Hills
First UK hardcover. With black paper boards and gilt lettering on the
spine. With a foreword
by PJF.
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London: Grafton
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1988 (7th)
464
£ 2.99
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF. This book wrongly mentions reprints in 1980 and 1981, but
leaves out the 1982 and 1985 printings.
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London: Grafton
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1990 (8th)
464
£ 3.99
not credited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword
by PJF. This book wrongly mentions reprints in 1980 and 1981, but
leaves out the 1982 and 1985 printings.
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CZECH
REPUBLIC
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Czech: Temný
záměr
Prague: Triton Books / Trifid
Svĕt Řeky 3
ISBN 80-7254-246-X
paperback (16,5×11cm)
01/2003
572
Kč 249,00
Jana Rečková
Martin Zhouf
With a foreword,
"Předmluva", by PJF. Martin Šust wrote an afterword about
Farmer's writing career and about some of his stories and most of the
novels. Strangely enough this article has been printed twice in the
book.
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FRANCE
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French: Le
noir dessein
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et demain
ISBN 2-221-00532-5
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
08/1980 (1st)
-/1982 (2nd)
-/1985 (3rd)
467
-
Guy Abadia
no artist
With a foreword
by PJF. The cover is with silver foil, which has different patterns on
the three printings.
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French: Le
noir dessein
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 2074
ISBN 2-277-22074-4
paperback (16,5×11cm)
09/1986
03/1988
538
-
Guy Abadia
Donald Grant
With a foreword
by
PJF.
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French: Le
noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 2-253-06282-0
paperback (16,5×11cm)
02/1993
10/1998
538
-
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword
by PJF.
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French: Le
noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
02/2001
543
FF 44
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword
by PJF.
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French: Le
noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
08/2004
543
€ 6,75
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword
by PJF.
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French: Le
noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 978-2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
02/2007 (6th)
543
€ 7,50
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword
by PJF.
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GERMANY
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German: Das
dunkle Muster
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3693
ISBN 3-453-30613-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1980 (1st)
-/1981 (2nd)
-/1982 (3rd)
-/1983 (4th)
541
DM 9,80
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
With a foreword
by PJF.
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German: Das
dunkle Muster
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3693
ISBN 3-453-30613-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1985 (5th)
-/1987 (6th)
-/1988 (7th)
-/1990 (8th)
-/1992 (9th)
-/1994 (10th)
541
DM ?
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
With a foreword
by PJF.
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German: Das
dunkle Muster
as Flußwelt-zyklus
(not a booktitle)
Augsburg: Bechtermünz
Science Fiction
ISBN 3-86047-528-2
hardcover [no dustjacket] (18,5×12cm)
-/1997
541
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
not sold separately. With a foreword
by PJF.
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German: Das dunkle
Muster
München: Piper
Serie Piper No. 6659
ISBN 978-3-492-26659-8
paperback (19×12cm)
03/2008
574
€ 8,95
Ronald M. Hahn
Joshua Caez
With a foreword
by PJF.
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ISRAEL
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Hebrew: התבנית האפלה (Htavnit
haafela)
Tel Aviv: Odyssey Publishing House
-
ISBN 965-7198-25-9
trade paperback (21×13,5cm)
-/2003
397
-
Uri Sagi
unknown
With a foreword
by PJF.
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ITALY
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Italian: Il
grande disegno
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di fantascienza, 77/78
no ISBN [later ISBN 88-429-0086-9]
hardcover (19,5×12,5cm)
07/1978 (1st)
vii + 377
L 5.000
Roberta Rambelli
Franco Storchi
With an introduction
by Lester del Rey and with a foreword
by PJF.
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Italian: Il
grande disegno
as Ciclo
completo del Mondo del fiume
Milan: Nord
I Grandi Cicli 2
ISBN 88-429-0242-X
trade paperback (19×12,5cm)
10/1983 (2nd)
viii + 377
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 Lester del Rey and with a foreword
by PJF.
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Italian: Il
grande disegno
in Riverworld, Il mondo del
Fiume (1)
Milan: Nord
Grandi Opere 21
ISBN 88-429-0604-2
trade paperback (21×14cm)
10/1992
xx + 780
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 To Your Scattered Bodies Go and
The
Fabulous Riverboat.
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Italian: Il
grande disegno
Milan: Mondadori
Urania 1222
no ISBN
trade paperback (19×13cm)
01/1994
368
L 5.000
Roberta Rambelli
Oscar Chichoni
-
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Italian: Il
grande disegno
Milan: Mondadori
Bestsellers Oscar 505
ISBN 88-043-9472-2
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
03/1995
510
L 13.000
Roberta Rambelli
Oscar Chichoni
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JAPAN
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Japanese: 飛翔せよ、遙かなる空へ 上
(Hisho seyo Haruka naru Sora he 1)
Tokyo: Hayakawa
SF 516
ISBN 4-15-010516-2
paperback (16×11cm)
06/1983
386
¥ 440
Hiroyuki Okabe
Noboru Nonaka
Original novel published in two paperback volumes, this is part 1.
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Japanese: 飛翔せよ、遙かなる空へ 下
(Hisho seyo Haruka naru Sora he 2)
Tokyo: Hayakawa
SF 517
ISBN 4-15-010517-0
paperback (16×11cm)
06/1983
356
¥ 440
Hiroyuki Okabe
Noboru Nonaka
Original novel published in two paperback volumes, this is part 2.
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POLAND
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Polish: Mroczny
wzór
Warsaw: MAG
-
ISBN 978-83-7480-096-9
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
08/2008
546
Zł 35,00
Robert Waliś
Irek Konior
With a foreword
by PJF.
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PORTUGAL
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Portuguese: Desígnio
negro /1
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #272
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
-/1980
228
-
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro [Based on Vincent Di Fate's art]
With a foreword
by PJF. Original novel published in two paperback volumes.
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Portuguese: Desígnio
negro /2
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #273
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
-/1980
227
-
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro [Based on Vincent Di Fate's art]
Original novel published in two paperback volumes.
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ROMANIA
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Romanian: Planul
misterios
Bucharest: Nemira
Nautilus #129
ISBN 973-569-218-X
trade paperback (20×12,5cm)
-/1998
431
-
Gabriel Stoian
Ionuț Bănuță
With a foreword
by PJF.
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Romanian: Planul
misterios
Bucharest: Nemira
Nautilus Science Fiction
ISBN 978-973-569-849-2
paperback (18×11cm)
06/2006
620
Lei 29,90
Gabriel Stoian
David Ho
With a foreword
by PJF.
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RUSSIA
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Omnibus
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Russian: Тёмный замысел
in Ф.Фармер (2): Тёмный замысел
Moscow & St Petersburg: Troll
St Petersburg: Yuventa
Меч и Посох
ISBN 5-87365-005-5 / ISBN 5-87399-001-8
hardcover (22×14,5cm)
-/1993
528
-
M.S. Nachmanson and I.F. Lakhminovoy
photo: S.P. Bondarenko
Joined publication of two publishers (Troll and Yuventa), together with
the publishers Rosic and Joker.
Omnibus, together with Time's Last Gift.
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Russian: Темные
замыслы
in Миры Филипа Фармера 7
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-157-X
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
06/1996
415
-
V. Kovalevski and N. Shtutser
?
Pictorial boards. This book is not really an omnibus, but it is part of
an omnibus series.
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Russian: Темные
замыслы
in Темные замыслы
Moscow: AST
St Petersburg: Sewero-Zapad Press
Золотая библиотека фантастики
ISBN 5-17-010429-4 / ISBN 5-93698-061-7
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13cm)
11/2001
704
-
M. Nachmanson
M. Kalinkin
Pictorial boards. Omnibus, together with River
of Eternity. With a foreword
by PJF.
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