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Galactic Cluster

James Blish

First published 1959
Publisher Signet / New American Library
Format Paperback
Type Collection
Catalog ID S1719
Cover art Paul Lehr
Pages 176
Price $0.35

All UK editions (Faber, SFBC, FSB, NEL and Granada) drop three stories, but not the same three! (See the individual publications for contents.) The hardcover editions (Faber & SFBC) and the Granada edition replace the dropped stories with the novella "Beanstalk".


• "First Printing, October, 1959", no number line. • The artist is not credited, Lehr is on the artwork. • Printed in the US

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Tomb Tapper James Blish Short Story
27 King of the Hill James Blish Short Story
38 Common Time James Blish Short Story
59 A Work of Art James Blish Short Story
74 To Pay the Piper James Blish Short Story
88 Nor Iron Bars James Blish Novelette
120 Beep James Blish Novelette
156 This Earth of Hours James Blish Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Galactic Cluster Cover 1960 Faber and Faber Hardcover Collection John Griffiths 233
Galactic Cluster Cover 1961 The Science Fiction Book Club (UK) Hardcover Collection 56 John Griffiths 233
Galactic Cluster Cover 1963 Four Square Books Paperback Collection 889 128
Galactic Cluster Cover 1964 Four Square Books Paperback Collection 889 128
Galactic Cluster Cover 1965 Signet / New American Library Paperback Collection D2790 Paul Lehr 176
Galactic Cluster Cover 1965 Signet / New American Library of Canada Paperback Collection D2790 Paul Lehr 176
Galactic Cluster Cover 1968 New English Library Paperback Collection 2229 128
Galactic Cluster Cover 1980 Granada Paperback Collection Peter Elson 255