• "The stories that appear in this volume were published in Italian in 1997 in two volumes edited by Marco Belpoliti." (from the Acknowledgements)
• Translated from the Italian mostly by Ann Goldstein and Alessandra Bastagli; also 'Censorship in Bitinia' is translated by Jenny McPhee.
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- First edition with 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 number line. Publication date from Amazon UK.
- Cover photograph credited to "Yoshinori Watanabe/Getty Images". Jacket design by Chin-Yee Lai. Book design by JAMdesign.
- Copyright page states:
• "English translation of the stories 'Bear Meat' and 'A Tranquil Star' first appeared in The New Yorker."
• "English translation of the story 'Knall' first appeared in Harper's."
- Pages 163-164 contain dates for each story's original publication in Italian and where they appeared, but does not provide their original Italian titles.
- Also priced C$27.50.
- Only speculative fiction stories are indexed here.
