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I was amazed that this article did not exist. I found three red wikilinks to this nonexistent article. So I decided to try to begin it. Please help me expand it. Nick Beeson ( talk) 13:42, 6 May 2018 (UTC) reply

According to the ISFDB, the first publication was in 1979 in a trade pb edition by Ace. I will update the lead, and mention reprints & translations. -- D Anthony Patriarche, BSc ( talk) 16:26, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply

 Done — but:

I also updated the infobox with the 1st ed info, but the infobox picture shows cover of first UK (hardcover) edition (AGF correct image, could not confirm online), so now there's a discrepancy — should the infobox data be reverted to the UK edition, until/unless someone can provide a PD/CC image of the first Ace edition? -- D Anthony Patriarche, BSc ( talk) 17:59, 24 May 2020 (UTC) reply