Notes
The 2019 edition is extensively revised.
- No statement of edition or printing. First edition, first printing (unstated) according to the author's website.
- No stated date of publication, only "Copyright © 1977 by Michael Bishop".
- Dated here from a code printed on the front inside flap of the dust jacket: "7705".
- Publisher stated as "Berkley (over) Putnam" on the spine of the book and the dust jacket. Stated as "Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation. (over) Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York" on the title page.
- ISBN here is derived from the SBN printed on the copyright page and the front inside flap of the dust jacket: 399-11943-4
- Copyright page contains a complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
- "Jacket art by Dean Ellis / Jacket typography by Mike Stromberg" stated on the back inside flap of the dust jacket only.
- The unpaginated contents page (vii) indicates a prologue, three books (each individually titled) and a chronology. The "Prologue" begins on page xi, and Book One begins on page 1.
