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The Silkie

A. E. van Vogt

First published 1969
Series The Silkie
Publisher Ace Books
Format Paperback
Type Novel
Catalog ID 76500
Cover art Jack Gaughan
Pages 191
Price $0.60

Fix-up novel incorporating the following stories:

  • Prologue linking material, later published separately as "Prologue to The Silkie" in 1976
  • Chapters 1-8: "The Silkie" 1964
  • Chapters 9-22: "Silkies in Space" 1966
  • Chapters 23-33: "Enemy of the Silkies" 1967


• © 1969 No statement of printing, no number line. • "Cover art by Jack Gaughan" on the copyright page; cover has JG on it. • There are at least two printings of this entry, identical except for ad on last page; one that starts with the Ace Double H-56 (PITY ABOUT EARTH Ernest Hill & SPACE CHANTEY R. A. Lafferty) [verified by {{PV|Philfreund}} and others] the other Saberhagen's THE BROKEN LANDS #08130 [verified].

Year Reviewer Publication
1969 Algis Budrys Galaxy Magazine, August 1969
1969 P. Schuyler Miller Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1969
1971 David A. Halterman Son of the WSFA Journal #22
1974 Juanita Coulson Yandro, #225, February 1974

Page Title Author(s) Type
[2] About the Author (The Silkie) Forrest J. Ackerman Essay

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Silkie Cover 1973 New English Library Paperback Novel Bruce Pennington 156
The Silkie Cover 1973 New English Library Paperback Novel Bruce Pennington 156
The Silkie Cover 1973 Ace Books Paperback Novel 76501 Bart Forbes 191
The Silkie Cover 1974 Ace Books Paperback Novel 76502 Bart Forbes 191
The Silkie Cover 1977 New English Library Paperback Novel Bruce Pennington 156
The Silkie Cover 1982 DAW Books Paperback Novel UE1695 Wayne Barlowe 160
The Silkie Cover 1982 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Paperback Novel UE1695 Wayne Barlowe 160
The Silkie Cover 1985 DAW Books Paperback Novel Wayne Barlowe 160