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Tomorrow Lies in Ambush

Bob Shaw

First published 1973
Publisher Gollancz
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Pages 204
Price £2.00
ISBN 0575016027

The first British editions from the 1970s were published with two fewer stories, Stormseeker and Element of Chance


No statement of printing on copyright page. Published in the same month as the ACE edition, but with two fewer stories, Stormseeker and Element of Chance. [Currey] Price from LCCN. Contents' page numbers from ebay.com photo.

Year Reviewer Publication
1973 Christopher Priest Foundation, #4 July 1973
1974 Samuel Mines Luna Monthly, #54, September 1974
2009 Christopher Priest "It" Came from Outer Space

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Call Me Dumbo Bob Shaw Novelette
25 Repeat Performance Bob Shaw Short Story
37 ... And Isles Where Good Men Lie Bob Shaw Novelette
65 What Time Do You Call This? Bob Shaw Short Story
71 Communication Bob Shaw Short Story
90 The Cosmic Cocktail Party Bob Shaw Short Story
111 The Happiest Day of Your Life Bob Shaw Short Story
116 The Weapons of Isher II Bob Shaw Short Story
128 Pilot Plant Bob Shaw Novella
174 Telemart Three Bob Shaw Short Story
182 Invasion of Privacy Bob Shaw Novelette

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Tomorrow Lies in Ambush Cover 1973 Ace Books Paperback Collection 81656 Josh Kirby 281
Tomorrow Lies in Ambush Cover 1975 Pan Books Paperback Collection 206
Tomorrow Lies in Ambush Cover 2011 Gateway / Orion eBook Collection