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==1965==
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| 1965
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| January
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| Philip K. Dick
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRSOPME1965 The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch]
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| 1965
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| February
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| Damon Knight, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THDRKSDNDP1965 The Dark Side]
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| 51F
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| 1965
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| March
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| J. G. Ballard
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THDRWNDWRB1965 The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere]
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| 1965
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| April
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| Judith Merril, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THTHNNLFTH1965 The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF]
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| 08G
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| 1965
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| May
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| Fred Hoyle & John Elliot
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NDRMDBRKTB1965 Andromeda Breakthrough]
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| 08G
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|
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| 1965
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| Spring
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| Christopher Hodder-Williams
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THMNXPRMNB1965 The Main Experiment]
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| 13G
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|
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| 1965
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| Spring
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| John Christopher
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THPSSSSRSP1965 The Possessors]
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| 15G
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| 1965
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| June
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| Graham Pincher
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NTWTHBNGKS1965 Not With a Bang]
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| 20G
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|
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| 1965
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| July
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| Poul Anderson
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THSTRFXSQF1965 The Star Fox]
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| 19G
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|
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| 1965
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| August
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| Arthur C. Clarke
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?PRLDTMRSLQ1965 Prelude to Mars]
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|
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| Known reprint code: "46H" (1966) and "24S" (1977)
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|-
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|-
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| 1965
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| September
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| Avram Davidson, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THBSTFRMFN1965 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 14th Series]
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| G29
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| Known reprint code: "I7" (1967)
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|-
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|-
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| 1965
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| October
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| A. E. van Vogt
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RGSHPNJFGL1965 Rogue Ship]
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| 37G
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|
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| 1965
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| November
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| Poul Anderson
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THCRRDRSFT1965 The Corridors of Time]
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| G37
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|
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| 1965
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| December
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| Robert A. Heinlein
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRBHNLNPG1965 Three By Heinlein]
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| G45
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|
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|-
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|}
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==1966==
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| 1966
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| January
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| Leonard Daventry
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MANODDED1965 A Man of Double Deed]
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|
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| Trade edition had gutter code "39G"
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| February
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| John Lymington
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?FRMBFSKZDR1966 FROOMB!]
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|
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|
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|-
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| 1966
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| March
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| Ray Bradbury
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?TWCNNQCXXZ1966 Twice 22]
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| 01H
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| Known reprint code: "42Q" (1974)
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| April
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| John Christopher
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRGGDDGFM1966 The Ragged Edge]
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|
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| May
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| Robert Sheckley
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MNDSWPKPLL1966 Mindswap]
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| 08H
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| June
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| Judith Merril, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THNNLDTNTH1966 10th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best S-F]
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|
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| July
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| Brian W. Aldiss
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RTHWRKSJFM1966 Earthworks]
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| 17H
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|
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| 1966
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| Summer
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| J. G. Ballard
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THCRSTLWRB1966 The Crystal World]
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|
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| Known reprint code: "35H" (later in 1966)
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| August
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| Isaac Asimov
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?FANTVOYA1966 Fantastic Voyage]
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| 24H
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| September
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| William F. Temple
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?SHTTTHMNHG1966 Shoot at the Moon]
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| 33H
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| October
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| Damon Knight, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NBLWRDSTRS1966 The Nebula Award Stories]
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| 33H
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| November
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| Fred Hoyle
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?CTBRTHFRSB1966 October the First is Too Late]
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|
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1966
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| December
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| Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?WTCHRSFTHD1966 Watchers of the Dark]
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| H39
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|
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|-
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|}
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==1967==
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| 1967
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| January
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| Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RTHBLDNHWB1967 Earthblood]
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| H48
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| February
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| L. P. Davies
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRTFCLMNW1967 The Artificial Man]
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| H48
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| March
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| John Christopher
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THLTTLPPLM1967 The Little People]
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|
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| Known reprint code "O51" (1973)
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| April
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| Robert A. Heinlein
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THPSTTHRGH1967 The Past Through Tomorrow]
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|
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| May
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| Ray Bradbury
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?FHRNHTDTGK1967 Fahrenheit 451]
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| 12I
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| June
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| Kate Wilhelm
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THKLLRTHNG1967 The Killer Thing]
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| 11I
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| July
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| D. F. Jones
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?CLSSSBTBLG0000 Colossus]
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|
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| Summer
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| Damon Knight
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRNVLSRZL1967 Three Novels]
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| I21
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| August
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| Robert Silverberg
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THTMHPPRSV1967 The Time Hoppers]
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| I26
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| September
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| L. P. Davies
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?PSCHGSTKKF1967 Psychogeist]
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| I26
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| October
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| Fred Hoyle
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?ELEMENT691967 Element 79]
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| 37I
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| November
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| Christopher Hodder-Williams
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?20214 The Egg-Shaped Thing]
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| 37I
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1967
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| December
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| Harlan Ellison, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?DAVI1967 Dangerous Visions]
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| I38
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| Known reprint codes "34P" (1974), "R44" (1976)," X37" (1982?)
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|-
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|}
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==1968==
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| '''Month'''
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| 1968
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| January
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| Roger Zelazny
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?LRDOLT1968 Lord of Light]
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| I43
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| Known reprint code: "N13" (1972)
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| February
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| James Blish & N. L. Knight
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?TRRNTFFCSJ1968 A Torrent of Faces]
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| I50
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| Trade edition has code "I42"
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| March
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| John Brunner
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?QCKSNDZCKL1968 Quicksand]
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| I50
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| Trade edition has code "I43"
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| April
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| Isaac Asimov
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?SMVSMSTRSJ1968 Asimov's Mysteries]
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| 07J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| May
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| Brian W. Aldiss
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?CRPTZCNHMD1967 Cryptozoic!]
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| 07J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| June
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| John Christopher
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?PNDLMRMVQW1968 Pendulum]
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| 17J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| July
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| D. F. Jones
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MPLSNZJPTZ1968 Implosion]
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| 16J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| Summer
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| Clifford D. Simak
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THWRWLFPRN1967 The Werewolf Principle]
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| 25J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| August
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| Curt Siodmak
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?HSRSMMRDML1968 Hauser's Memory]
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| 24J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| September
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| Arthur C. Clarke
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?SPCDSSZWNR1968 2001: A Space Odyssey]
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|
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| October
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| L. P. Davies
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?TWLTJRN1968 Twilight Journey]
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| 34J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| November
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| John Boyd
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THLSTSTRSH1968 The Last Starship from Earth]
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| 40J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| December
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| John Wyndham
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?CHCKBNRXPK1968 Chocky]
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| 40J
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| First US hardcover and the first SFBC reprint of an original paperback edition
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|-
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|}
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{| border="1" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2" bgcolor="#FFFFD0"
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| colspan=5 | The following trade editions were offered to club members at a discount
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| width=114 |1968
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| width= 200 |Philip K. Dick
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| width=300 |[http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NWFLYR1967 Now Wait for Last Year]
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| Priced at $1.95
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| Sam Moskowitz, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THRSTRS1967 Three Stories]
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| Priced at $1.95
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|-
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|-
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| 1968
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| Norman Spinrad
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THMNNTHJNG1967 The Men in the Jungle]
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| Priced at $1.95
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|-
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|-
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| colspan= 5 | Further Notes: Tuck's encyclopedia gives a 1968 SFBC edition of Clifford D. Simak's ''Why Call Them Back From Heaven'' in Volume 2 of his author listings, but not in the SFBC listing in Volume 3.  Perhaps the Doubleday trade edition was offered to club members at a discount, as the book club does occasionally.  Research has not uncovered a book club edition of this title.
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|}
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==1969==
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| '''Gutter Code'''
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| width=270 | '''Notes'''
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| January
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| Alan E. Nourse
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THMRCMNXCM1969 The Mercy Men]
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| 49J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| February
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| Robert Silverberg
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?HWKSBLLSTT1968 Hawksbill Station]
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| 48J
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| March
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| Arthur C. Clarke
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THLNFCMRRN1969 The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night]
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| 4K
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| Reprinted later in the year with code "K31"; "02L" (1970)
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| April
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| Poul Anderson
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?CNQSTSKGPF1969 7 Conquests]
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| 4K
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| May
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| Samuel R. Delany
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NVMGQVKKKV1969 Nova]
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| 11K
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| Known reprint code "16K"
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| June
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| Fritz Leiber
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?SPCTRSHNTB1969 A Specter is Haunting Texas]
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| 11K
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| Known reprint code: "16K" (1969)
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| July
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| John Brunner
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?STNDNZNZBR1968 Stand on Zanzibar]
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| 20K
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| July
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| Piers Anthony
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?MNVRVFNFQX1969 Omnivore]
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| 20K
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| First hardcover edition
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| August
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| James H. Schmitz
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THDMNBRDJL1969 The Demon Breed]
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| 24K
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| First hardcover edition
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| August
 +
| John Boyd
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THPLLNTRSF1969 The Pollinators of Eden]
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| 25K
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| Known reprint code "32K" from the same year.
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| September
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| Philip K. Dick
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?BKMSPBBVDF1969 Ubik]
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| 28K
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| September
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| Wollheim & Carr, eds.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?WRLDSBSTSC1969 World's Best SF: 1969]
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| 28K
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| First hardcover edition
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| Fall
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| Edmund Cooper
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?FVTTWLVHFL1969 Five to Twelve]
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| 33K
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|
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| Fall
 +
| Ray Bradbury
 +
| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?TILLMAN1969 The Illustrated Man]
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|
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| Known reprint code: "P04" (1985)
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|-
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|-
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| 1969
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| October
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| Ursula K. Le Guin
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?LFTHNDDRKNSS1969B The Left Hand of Darkness]
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| Known reprint codes: "44M" (1971), "C50" (1972), "F2" (1975) and "H21" (1977)
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| 1969
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| October
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| Damon Knight, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?RBTFMLJVCQ1969 Orbit 5]
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| 36K
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| 1969
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| October
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| John W. Campbell, Jr., ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?ANALOG451968 Analog 6]
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| Alternate Selection
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| 1969
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| November
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| John Brunner
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THJGGDRBTK0000 The Jagged Orbit]
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| 40K
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| First hardcover edition
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| 1969
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| November
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| Burt Cole
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THFNCFLDLK1969 The Funco File]
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| 40K
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| 1969
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| November
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| Aldiss & Harrison, eds.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NBLWRDSTRC1969 Nebula Award Stories Two]
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| K36
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| Alternate Selection
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| 1969
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| December
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| Isaac Asimov
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?NGHTFLLNDT1969 Nightfall and Other Stories]
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| 44K
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| 1969
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| December
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| Ian Wallace
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?DTHSTRVGVV1969 Deathstar Voyage]
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| Edward L. Ferman, ed.
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| [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?THBSTFRMFN1969 The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th Series]
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| K38
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| Alternate Selection
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1965

Year Month Author Title Gutter Code Notes
1965 January Philip K. Dick The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch
1965 February Damon Knight, ed. The Dark Side 51F
1965 March J. G. Ballard The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere
1965 April Judith Merril, ed. The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF 08G
1965 May Fred Hoyle & John Elliot Andromeda Breakthrough 08G
1965 Spring Christopher Hodder-Williams The Main Experiment 13G
1965 Spring John Christopher The Possessors 15G
1965 June Graham Pincher Not With a Bang 20G
1965 July Poul Anderson The Star Fox 19G
1965 August Arthur C. Clarke Prelude to Mars Known reprint code: "46H" (1966) and "24S" (1977)
1965 September Avram Davidson, ed. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 14th Series G29 Known reprint code: "I7" (1967)
1965 October A. E. van Vogt Rogue Ship 37G
1965 November Poul Anderson The Corridors of Time G37
1965 December Robert A. Heinlein Three By Heinlein G45

1966

Year Month Author Title Gutter Code Notes
1966 January Leonard Daventry A Man of Double Deed Trade edition had gutter code "39G"
1966 February John Lymington FROOMB!
1966 March Ray Bradbury Twice 22 01H Known reprint code: "42Q" (1974)
1966 April John Christopher The Ragged Edge
1966 May Robert Sheckley Mindswap 08H
1966 June Judith Merril, ed. 10th Annual Edition: The Year’s Best S-F
1966 July Brian W. Aldiss Earthworks 17H
1966 Summer J. G. Ballard The Crystal World Known reprint code: "35H" (later in 1966)
1966 August Isaac Asimov Fantastic Voyage 24H
1966 September William F. Temple Shoot at the Moon 33H
1966 October Damon Knight, ed. The Nebula Award Stories 33H
1966 November Fred Hoyle October the First is Too Late
1966 December Lloyd Biggle, Jr. Watchers of the Dark H39

1967

Year Month Author Title Gutter Code Notes
1967 January Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown Earthblood H48
1967 February L. P. Davies The Artificial Man H48
1967 March John Christopher The Little People Known reprint code "O51" (1973)
1967 April Robert A. Heinlein The Past Through Tomorrow
1967 May Ray Bradbury Fahrenheit 451 12I
1967 June Kate Wilhelm The Killer Thing 11I
1967 July D. F. Jones Colossus
1967 Summer Damon Knight Three Novels I21
1967 August Robert Silverberg The Time Hoppers I26
1967 September L. P. Davies Psychogeist I26
1967 October Fred Hoyle Element 79 37I
1967 November Christopher Hodder-Williams The Egg-Shaped Thing 37I
1967 December Harlan Ellison, ed. Dangerous Visions I38 Known reprint codes "34P" (1974), "R44" (1976)," X37" (1982?)

1968

Year Month Author Title Gutter Code Notes
1968 January Roger Zelazny Lord of Light I43 Known reprint code: "N13" (1972)
1968 February James Blish & N. L. Knight A Torrent of Faces I50 Trade edition has code "I42"
1968 March John Brunner Quicksand I50 Trade edition has code "I43"
1968 April Isaac Asimov Asimov's Mysteries 07J
1968 May Brian W. Aldiss Cryptozoic! 07J
1968 June John Christopher Pendulum 17J
1968 July D. F. Jones Implosion 16J
1968 Summer Clifford D. Simak The Werewolf Principle 25J
1968 August Curt Siodmak Hauser's Memory 24J
1968 September Arthur C. Clarke 2001: A Space Odyssey
1968 October L. P. Davies Twilight Journey 34J
1968 November John Boyd The Last Starship from Earth 40J
1968 December John Wyndham Chocky 40J First US hardcover and the first SFBC reprint of an original paperback edition


The following trade editions were offered to club members at a discount
1968 Philip K. Dick Now Wait for Last Year Priced at $1.95
1968 Sam Moskowitz, ed. Three Stories Priced at $1.95
1968 Norman Spinrad The Men in the Jungle Priced at $1.95
Further Notes: Tuck's encyclopedia gives a 1968 SFBC edition of Clifford D. Simak's Why Call Them Back From Heaven in Volume 2 of his author listings, but not in the SFBC listing in Volume 3. Perhaps the Doubleday trade edition was offered to club members at a discount, as the book club does occasionally. Research has not uncovered a book club edition of this title.

1969

Year Month Author Title Gutter Code Notes
1969 January Alan E. Nourse The Mercy Men 49J
1969 February Robert Silverberg Hawksbill Station 48J
1969 March Arthur C. Clarke The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night 4K Reprinted later in the year with code "K31"; "02L" (1970)
1969 April Poul Anderson 7 Conquests 4K
1969 May Samuel R. Delany Nova 11K Known reprint code "16K"
1969 June Fritz Leiber A Specter is Haunting Texas 11K Known reprint code: "16K" (1969)
1969 July John Brunner Stand on Zanzibar 20K
1969 July Piers Anthony Omnivore 20K First hardcover edition
1969 August James H. Schmitz The Demon Breed 24K First hardcover edition
1969 August John Boyd The Pollinators of Eden 25K Known reprint code "32K" from the same year.
1969 September Philip K. Dick Ubik 28K
1969 September Wollheim & Carr, eds. World's Best SF: 1969 28K First hardcover edition
1969 Fall Edmund Cooper Five to Twelve 33K
1969 Fall Ray Bradbury The Illustrated Man Known reprint code: "P04" (1985)
1969 October Ursula K. Le Guin The Left Hand of Darkness Known reprint codes: "44M" (1971), "C50" (1972), "F2" (1975) and "H21" (1977)
1969 October Damon Knight, ed. Orbit 5 36K
1969 October John W. Campbell, Jr., ed. Analog 6 Alternate Selection
1969 November John Brunner The Jagged Orbit 40K First hardcover edition
1969 November Burt Cole The Funco File 40K
1969 November Aldiss & Harrison, eds. Nebula Award Stories Two K36 Alternate Selection
1969 December Isaac Asimov Nightfall and Other Stories 44K
1969 December Ian Wallace Deathstar Voyage 45K
1969 December Edward L. Ferman, ed. The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th Series K38 Alternate Selection
Further Notes: In a letter published in Locus #18 (January 23, 1969), current SFBC editor Elaine Landis announces a new policy of two selections per month beginning in July, 1969. She also states that "current membership in the SFBC is about 65,000." In October, the club begins offering an "alternate selection", a title that is not automatically sent to members.


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