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Friends Come in Boxes

Michael G. Coney

First published 1973
Publisher DAW Books
Format Paperback
Type Novel
Catalog ID UQ1056
Cover art John Holmes
Pages 160
Price $0.95
ISBN 0879970561

Fixup of the following stories: "Creche" - original
"The Never Girl" - Worlds of If, Jan-Feb 1973
"Menagerie" - original
"Charity Run" - original
"A Woman and Her Friend" - Worlds of If, Mar-Apr 1973

  • "First Printing, May 1973" on the copyright page with a complete number line: "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9".
  • "Cover art by John Holmes" on the copyright page. There is no visible signature.
  • Frontispiece artwork is not credited, but Gaughan's "JG" is visible.
  • DAW Books No. 56 and catalog number UQ1056 are printed on the cover.
  • ISBN derived from catalog ID
  • Printed in the US

Year Reviewer Publication
1973 Tony Lewis Locus, #146 August 11, 1973
1973 Richard E. Geis The Alien Critic, November 1973
1976 Phil Stephensen-Payne Vector 73 / 74

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Friends Come in Boxes Cover 1973 DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Paperback Novel UQ1056 John Holmes 160
Friends Come in Boxes Cover 1975 Readers Union Hardcover Novel 1098 189
Friends Come in Boxes Cover 2013 Gateway / Orion eBook Novel