Publisher:SFBC 1965-1969
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1965
Year | Month | Author | Title | Gutter Code | Notes |
1965 | January | Philip K. Dick | The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch | None | |
1965 | February | Damon Knight, ed. | The Dark Side | 51F | |
1965 | March | J. G. Ballard | The Drowned World and The Wind from Nowhere | 51F | |
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 | 45G | Trade edition had gutter code "39G" |
1966 | February | John Lymington | FROOMB! | 52G | |
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 | 17H | |
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 | 05I | |
1967 | April | Robert A. Heinlein | The Past Through Tomorrow | 05I | |
1967 | May | Ray Bradbury | Fahrenheit 451 | 12I | |
1967 | June | ate Wilhelm | The Killer Thing | 11I | |
1967 | July | D. F. Jones | Colossus | ||
1967 | Summer | Damon Knight | Three Novels | I21 | Known reprint code: "K28" (1969) |
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: "46I" (1967), "34P" (1974), "R44" (1976), "V1" (1980), "X37" (1982?) |
1968
Year | Month | Author | Title | SFBC ID# | Gutter Code | Notes |
1968 | January | Roger Zelazny | Lord of Light | I43 | Known reprint code: "N13" (1972) | |
1968 | February | James Blish & Norman 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 | 1499 | First SFBC edition with a dustjacket ID number | |
1968 | October | L. P. Davies | Twilight Journey | 1512 | 34J | |
1968 | November | John Boyd | The Last Starship from Earth | 1576 | 40J | |
1968 | December | John Wyndham | Chocky | 1578 | 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 | SFBC ID# | Gutter Code | Notes |
1969 | January | Alan E. Nourse | The Mercy Men | 1637 | 49J | |
1969 | February | Robert Silverberg | Hawksbill Station | 1638 | 48J | |
1969 | March | Arthur C. Clarke | The Lion of Comarre and Against the Fall of Night | 1697 | 4K | Known reprint codes "K31" (later in 1969), "02L" (1970) |
1969 | April | Poul Anderson | 7 Conquests | 1698 | 4K | |
1969 | May | Samuel R. Delany | Nova | 1771 | 11K | Known reprint code: "16K" (later in 1969) |
1969 | June | Fritz Leiber | A Specter is Haunting Texas | 1772 | 11K | Known reprint code: "16K" (later in 1969) |
1969 | July | John Brunner | Stand on Zanzibar | 1824 | 20K | |
1969 | July | Piers Anthony | Omnivore | 1825 | 20K | First hardcover edition |
1969 | August | John Boyd | The Pollinators of Eden | 1865 | 25K | Known reprint code: "32K" (later in 1969) |
1969 | August | James H. Schmitz | The Demon Breed | 1866 | 24K | First hardcover edition |
1969 | September | Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr, eds. | World's Best SF: 1969 | 1908 | 28K | First hardcover edition |
1969 | September | Philip K. Dick | Ubik | 1909 | 28K | |
1969 | Fall (September) | Ray Bradbury | The Illustrated Man | 1951 | 33K | Known reprint codes: "10M" (1970), "P04" (1974), and "G18" (1976) |
1969 | Fall (September) | Edmund Cooper | Five to Twelve | 1952 | 33K | |
1969 | October | Ursula K. Le Guin | The Left Hand of Darkness | 2006 | 36K | Known reprint codes: "44M" (1971), "C50" (1972), "F2" (1975) and "H21" (1977) |
1969 | October | Damon Knight, ed. | Orbit 5 | 2007 | 36K | |
1969 | October | John_W._Campbell,_Jr., ed. | Analog 6 | Alternate Selection | ||
1969 | November | John Brunner | The Jagged Orbit | 2050 | 40K | First hardcover edition |
1969 | November | Burt Cole | The Funco File | 2051 | 40K | |
1969 | November | Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison, eds. | Nebula Award Stories Two | 1985 | K36 | Alternate Selection |
1969 | December | Isaac Asimov | Nightfall and Other Stories | 2099 | 44K | |
1969 | December | Ian Wallace | Deathstar Voyage | 2100 | 45K | |
1969 | December | Edward L. Ferman, ed. | The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 16th Series | 1988 | 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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