The Compleat Traveller in Black
| First published | 1986 |
|---|---|
| Series | Traveller in Black |
| Publisher | Bluejay Books |
| Format | Trade Paperback |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Martin Springett |
| Pages | 252 |
| Price | $8.95 |
| ISBN | 0312940602 |
Revised edition of The Traveller in Black; also adds one story The Things That are Gods
First publication in France.
• "First Bluejay printing: August 1986"; no number line
• Cover and interior illustrations (16 full-page) are credited to Springett on the copyright page
• In the Table of Contents, the page number for "Dread Empire" is erroneously listed as "252"
• From the "Printing History" on page 252:
• "The present edition ... marks the first English-language appearance of all five stories in one volume. For it, the complete text has again been extensively revised by the author."
• From the rear cover:
• "This is the first collection in any edition of all five of John Brunner's Traveller in Black novelettes."
• Of the two statements above, the Printing History version is correct. This compleat French edition was published earlier.
| Year | Reviewer | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Don D'Ammassa | Science Fiction Chronicle, #89 February 1987 |
| 1987 | Alan Fraser | Paperback Inferno, #67 |
| 1990 | Sue Thomason | Paperback Inferno, #83 |
| 1990 | Peter T. Garratt | Interzone, May 1990 |
| 1995 | Brian Stableford | SFX, #5 |
| 2009 | Robert Bee | The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2009 |
| 2009 | Stephen E. Andrews & Nick Rennison | 100 Must-Read Fantasy Novels |
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imprint of Chaos | John Brunner | Novelette |
| 59 | Break the Door of Hell | John Brunner | Novelette |
| 105 | The Wager Lost by Winning | John Brunner | Novelette |
| 153 | The Things That Are Gods | John Brunner | Novelette |
| 201 | Dread Empire | John Brunner | Novelette |
| Title | Year | Publisher | Format | Type | Catalog ID | Cover Artist | Pages | |
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1987 | Methuen | Paperback | Collection | Peter Elson | 233 | |
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1989 | Mandarin | Paperback | Collection | Patrick Mortemore | 233 | |
| The Compleat Traveller in Black |
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1989 | Collier Books | Paperback | Collection | Michael Embdem | 233 | |
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2014 | Open Road Integrated Media | eBook | Collection | |||
| The Compleat Traveller in Black | 2014 | Open Road Integrated Media | eBook | Collection |