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Broke Down Engine and Other Troubles with Machines

Ron Goulart

First published 1971
Publisher Macmillan
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Vincent Di Fate
Pages 192
Price $5.95

  • On copyright page: "First Printing", "Copyright (c) 1971" and LCCN. No statement of edition.
  • $5.95 price on jacket front flap. "Jacket illustration by Vincent Di Fate" on back flap. The artwork is also signed.
  • "[Vincent Di Fate's] first book cover, Broken [sic] Engine by Ron Goulart, was sold in 1969 (although not published until 1972.)" (Sci-Fi Art: A Graphic History, page 80.)

Year Reviewer Publication
1971 Vincent Di Fate Locus, #80 April 15, 1971

Page Title Author(s) Type
7 Foreword: The Way Things Don't Work Ron Goulart Essay
11 The Trouble with Machines Ron Goulart Short Story
27 Broke Down Engine Ron Goulart Short Story
36 Lofthouse Ron Goulart Short Story
51 Calling Dr. Clockwork Ron Goulart Short Story
63 Princess #22 Ron Goulart Short Story
85 All for Love Ron Goulart Short Story
101 The Katy Dialogues Ron Goulart Short Story
111 Nobody Starves Ron Goulart Short Story
125 Muscadine Ron Goulart Short Story
138 Disposal Ron Goulart Short Story
149 To the Rescue Ron Goulart Short Story
160 Joker for Hire Ron Goulart Short Story
182 Terminal Ron Goulart Short Story

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Broke Down Engine and Other Troubles with Machines Cover 1972 Collier Books Paperback Collection 02074 Vincent Di Fate 192