Edison's Conquest of Mars
| First published | 1947 |
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| Publisher | Carcosa House |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Novel |
| Pages | 186 |
| Price | $3.50 |
First serialized in 1898 in the aftermath of H. G. Wells' ''War of the Worlds'', to which it is an unauthorized sequel. According to Forrest J. Ackerman's introduction to the paperback edition by Powell in 1969 (as ''Invasion of Mars''), he "removed some thousands of words of excess verbiage which had overgrown and obscured the action" and made some other changes when editing the book for Powell.
"First Edition" so stated on copyright page. [Currey]
1500 numbered copies printed
Price from Tuck who notes the novel as being serialized in 30 parts in The New York Evening Journal Jan12-Feb10 1898
"Fantasy Book" Vol. 1 No. 1 lists the book as a "limited, numbered edition" and also "the deluxe first edition".
"Son of Daddy!" by Jack L. Chalker in Fantasy Newsletter No. 62, September 1983 confirms the number of copies and price.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | August Derleth | The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1948 |
| 1948 | Varulvan | Fantasy Book, Vol 1, No. 2 |
| 1948 | Thomas Sheridan | Fantasy Review, February-March 1948 |
| 1948 | The Editor | Thrilling Wonder Stories, April 1948 |
| 1949 | Morris Tish | Amazing Stories, December 1949 |
| 1953 | Joseph H. Crawford, Jr. & James J. Donahue & Donald M. Grant | '333': A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel |
| 1991 | Everett F. Bleiler | Science Fiction: The Early Years (Pages 545 - 998) |
No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
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| xi | Introduction (Edison's Conquest of Mars) | A. Langley Searles | Essay |
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2005 | Apogee Books (Canada) | Paperback | Novel | Tom Miller (artist) | 264 | |
| Edison's Conquest of Mars | 2006 | Project Gutenberg | eBook | Novel | 19141 | G. Y. Kauffman | ||
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2006 | Wildside Press | Trade Paperback | Novel | 168 | ||
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2008 | Aegypan | Trade Paperback | Novel | 204 | ||
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2008 | Dodo Press | Trade Paperback | Novel | 264 | ||
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2012 | CreateSpace | Trade Paperback | Novel | 156 | ||
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