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A Torrent of Faces

James Blish & Norman L. Knight

First published 1967
Series A Torrent of Faces
Publisher Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
Cover art James Barkley
Pages xvi+270
Price $4.95

Partly based on "The Shipwrecked Hotel" (chapters 4 & 5), "The Piper of Dis" (chapters 7, 8 and 10) and "To Love Another" (chapters 6, 9 and 11).

  • "First Edition"
  • Printing not stated, no number line
  • "A greatly abridged version of chapters four and five appeared in Galaxy magazine under the title of The Shipwrecked Hotel, that version copyright 1965 by Galaxy Publishing Corporation."
  • "A somewhat modified and abridged version of chapters seven, eight and ten appeared in the same magazine under the title of The Piper of Dis, that version copyright 1967 by The Galaxy Publishing Corporation."
  • "An abridged version of chapters six, nine, and eleven appeared in Analog Science Fact-Science Fiction under the title To Love Another, that version copyright 1967 by The Conde Nast Publications, Inc."
  • "Jacket Illustration by James Barkley" from the rear flap
  • Gutter code "I41" bottom right page 270.

Page Title Author(s) Type
vii Preface (A Torrent of Faces) James Blish & Norman L. Knight Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
A Torrent of Faces Cover 1968 Ace Books Paperback Novel A-29 Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon 286
A Torrent of Faces Cover 1968 Faber and Faber Hardcover Novel Jerome Gask 270
A Torrent of Faces Cover 1968 Doubleday / SFBC Hardcover Novel James Barkley ix+270
A Torrent of Faces Cover 1977 Ace Books Paperback Novel 286
A Torrent of Faces Cover 1978 Arrow Books Paperback Novel Chris Foss vii+270
A Torrent of Faces Cover 1979 Ace Books Paperback Novel 286
A Torrent of Faces Cover 2011 Gateway / Orion eBook Novel