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The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space

Gerard K. O'Neill

First published 1976
Publisher William Morrow
Format Hardcover
Type Nonfiction
Cover art Rick Guidice
Pages 288
Price $8.95
ISBN 0688031331

Copyright page states 1976. Title page states 1977. Amazon indicates December 1976. Worldcat indicates 1976 for earliest edition. This edition has a complete numberline.

This book is not Speculative Fiction, but it is the basis of the Spec-Fic term 'ONeill Colony' or 'ONeill Habitat'.

Errata tip in corrects the book as follows:

Plate 22, caption: In first line, for "back-" read "fore-"

p. 226, line 7: For "miles" read "meters"

p. 282, 9th line from bottom: Delete line (Bild der Wissenschaft reference). Substitute new line: "Aeronautics and Astronautics, October 1976."

Year Reviewer Publication
1977 Masse Bloomfield Delap's F & SF Review, May 1977
1978 Lester del Rey Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1978
1978 Robert Anton Wilson Omni, October 1978
1978 Philip Stephensen-Payne Paperback Parlour, October 1978
1979 George Turner Australian SF News, February 1979

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space 1977 Jonathan Cape Hardcover Nonfiction 288
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space Cover 1978 Corgi Paperback Nonfiction Angus McKie 343
The High Frontier: Human Colonies in Space Cover 1978 Bantam Books Paperback Nonfiction Donald Davis [8]+344