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First published 1991
Publisher Ballantine Books
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Cover art Barclay Shaw
Pages 264
Price $4.99
ISBN 0345372395

  • A Fix up novel with no apparent additional material.
  • Cover (of the mmpb edition) has a subtitle of "Tales from the Traders' World"
  • The original stories of this novel are credited on the copyright page of the mmpb edition.
  • ('6 +', Nothing in Night-time (A variant unpublished title of 'Nothing in the Night-time'), and 'The Great Unknown')
  • Where each story begins (in the mmpb edition), there appears a single page with section titles (The G'Bur, The Atheters, and The Foitani) and no other text.

  • A fix-up novel with no apparent additional material.
  • "First Edition: December 1991"
  • Printing not stated, no number line
  • "Cover Art by Barclay Shaw" on copyright page, no visible signature on the artwork
  • Cover has a subtitle of "Tales from the Traders' World"
  • The original stories of this novel are credited on the copyright page only ('6 +', Nothing in Night-time (A variant unpublished title of 'Nothing in the Night-time'), and 'The Great Unknown'). Where each story begins in the novel, there appears a single page with the variant titles shown below and no other text.
  • $5.99 in Canada
  • Printed in the US LCCN on copyright page, 91-92193, is not on the LoC site; LCCN they provide has been entered here.

Year Reviewer Publication
1991 Carolyn Cushman Locus, #369 October 1991

Page Title Author(s) Type
3 The G'Bur Harry Turtledove Novella
65 The Atheters Harry Turtledove Novelette
89 The Foitani Harry Turtledove Novella

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Earthgrip Cover 1991 Ballantine Books Paperback Collection Barclay Shaw 264
Earthgrip Cover 1992 The Easton Press Hardcover Collection 106-045 viii+264
Earthgrip Cover 2013 Gateway / Orion eBook Collection