I knew this didn't sell well

[james_davis_nicoll]

I had no idea there was only one printing. But the evidence suggests that is the case.

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[rozk.livejournal.com]

I think that something awful happened in the warehouse and that's why this enver sold - didn't get out to the shops. I think the copies around are all the review copies that never got sent out.

I read an Ms - a few weeks after I read Fevre Dream - and liked both. I mentioned my regard for it to John Brunner the last time I saw him and he promised me a copy. This was a few weeks before his untimely death and so it never happened.

I found a copy a month later - I choose to regard this as the copy John Brunner promised me.

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Kitchener Public Library had a copy.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

There do seem to be quite a few around - Amazon UK lists 17 second hand copies available, for example, mostly from the USA, and I've seen several in charity shops etc. over the years.

I'm pleased to say I got mine when it was originally launched so hopefully John got some royalties from it.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

I recall visiting New Orleans - I think it was in 1986 before going to the Atlanta worldcon - and seeing lots of copies on sale in a shop specialising in New Orleans related stuff.