A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born
| First published | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Series | The Stainless Steel Rat #1 |
| Publisher | Titan Books |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Novel |
| Cover art | Jim Burns |
| Pages | 183 |
| Price | £9.95 |
| ISBN | 0907610528 |
- On copyright page:
- First published in Great Britain 1985 by Titan Books Ltd.
- First edition 1985
- Frontispiece plate illustration by John Bolton.
- No statement of printing; no numberline
- Month from Locus1 and Galactic Central Bibliography
- Clute/Nicholls has the US Bantam as the first edition and it came out in October; Reginald has the Titan edition as first
- SFE states "London: Titan Books, 1985", correcting the Clute/Nicholls entry
- "Jacket illustration by Jim Burns" on rear dust jacket flap
- Cover art is signed "Jim Burns '85" in bottom left corner
- Despite the statement on the copyright page, there is no illustration by John Bolton. This only appears in the Titan limited edition hc. The copyright page states the ISBNs of both the trade and limited editions so presumably the publisher used the same copyright page for both
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Tom Easton | Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1986 |
| 1986 | Don D'Ammassa | Science Fiction Chronicle, #77 February 1986 |
| 1986 | Dave Langford | White Dwarf, May 1986 |
| 1986 | Andy Sawyer | Paperback Inferno, #60 |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born |
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1985 | Bantam Spectra | Paperback | Novel | Jim Burns | 219 | |
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born | 1985 | Titan Books | Hardcover | Novel | 183 | |||
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born |
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1986 | Sphere | Paperback | Novel | Peter Elson | 185 | |
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born |
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1986 | Bantam Spectra / SFBC | Hardcover | Novel | 04565 | Jill Bauman | 214 |
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born |
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1987 | Sphere | Paperback | Novel | Peter Elson | 185 | |
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born |
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1988 | Sphere | Paperback | Novel | Peter Elson | 185 | |
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born |
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1990 | Orbit | Paperback | Novel | Peter Elson | 185 | |
| A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born | 1994 | Bantam Spectra | Paperback | Novel | Jean Pierre Targete | 219 | ||
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