On Wings of Song/Editions - Revision history

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 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1985.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback.|cover-by=Kid Kane|isbn=0553250760}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-carroll-graf-1988.jpg|desc=Carroll & Graf, 1988. Trade paperback.|cover-by=same as 1985, alas|isbn=0881844438}}
-{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-easton.jpg|desc=Easton Press, 1993. Limited edition hardcover. Illustrations by Pat Morrissey, introduction by James K. Morrow. No ISBN.}}
+{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-easton.jpg|desc=Easton Press, 1993. Limited edition hardcover. Illustrations by Pat Morrissey, introduction by James K. Morrow.<ref>Morrissey's artwork for this edition consists of three black-and-white scratchboard drawings, one color frontispiece painting, and (I assume) the Art-Nouveauish line drawing that's embossed on the cover. The illustrations aren't entirely my cup of tea, but I appreciate that it has some. This was one of many books in Easton's "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series.</ref> No ISBN.}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-carroll-graf-2003.jpg|desc=Carroll & Graf, 2003. Trade paperback.|isbn=0786711221}}
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-{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-gollancz.jpg|desc=Gollancz, 1979. Hardcover.|cover-by=Malcolm Ashman|isbn=0575025476}}
+{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-gollancz.jpg|desc=Gollancz, 1979. Hardcover.<ref>The book jacket text starts like this: "Beneath this highly diverting tale lies the seemingly preposterous proposition that the human spirit might fly out of its physical body propelled on the waves of its own singing voice—literally borne on wings of song. It is Disch's zestful skill which has us swallowing this possibility, hook, line and sinker." One might expect this somewhat defensive attitude toward an SF/fantasy premise from a mainstream literary fiction publisher or critic, but by the 1970s Gollancz already had a heavy focus on SF, so I'm not sure what was going on there.</ref>|cover-by=Malcolm Ashman|isbn=0575025476}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-magnum.jpg|desc=Magnum, 1981. Paperback.|cover-by=Chris Moore|isbn=0417055803}}
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	Editing in this book has been inconsistent. I haven't seen the first US hardcover (St. Martin's), or the latest trade paperback, but both of the other US editions (Bantam and Easton Press) have a variety of errors—the same ones in each, suggesting that the St. Martin's one was the source, since the British hardcover doesn't have them. Most are minor copyediting issues, but at least one passage (the paragraph in Chapter 4 that ends with "hope was part of the punishment") is fairly garbled by a piece of out-of-place text.		Editing in this book has been inconsistent. I haven't seen the first US hardcover (St. Martin's), or the latest trade paperback, but both of the other US editions (Bantam and Easton Press) have a variety of errors—the same ones in each, suggesting that the St. Martin's one was the source, since the British hardcover doesn't have them. Most are minor copyediting issues, but at least one passage (the paragraph in Chapter 4 that ends with "hope was part of the punishment") is fairly garbled by a piece of out-of-place text.
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		+	== Footnotes ==
		+	<references/>

	{{On Wings of Song nav}}		{{On Wings of Song nav}}

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 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-fsf.jpg|desc=Serialized in three parts in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'': {{ISFDB|61102|February}}, {{ISFDB|61271|March}}, and {{ISFDB|60967|April}} 1979.|cover-by=Ed Emshwiller}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-st-martins.jpg|desc=St. Martin's Press, 1979. Hardcover.|cover-by=Michael Mariano|isbn=0312584660}}
-{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1980.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback.<ref>The back cover says it's about "America, a generation from now. Not as it should be, but as it will be."<ref>|cover-by=Lou Feck|isbn=0553136674}}
+{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1980.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback.<ref>The back cover says it's about "America, a generation from now. Not as it should be, but as it will be."</ref>|cover-by=Lou Feck|isbn=0553136674}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1985.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback.|cover-by=Kid Kane|isbn=0553250760}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-carroll-graf-1988.jpg|desc=Carroll & Graf, 1988. Trade paperback.|cover-by=same as 1985, alas|isbn=0881844438}}

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 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-fsf.jpg|desc=Serialized in three parts in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'': {{ISFDB|61102|February}}, {{ISFDB|61271|March}}, and {{ISFDB|60967|April}} 1979.|cover-by=Ed Emshwiller}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-st-martins.jpg|desc=St. Martin's Press, 1979. Hardcover.|cover-by=Michael Mariano|isbn=0312584660}}
-{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1980.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback.|cover-by=Lou Feck|isbn=0553136674}}
+{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1980.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback.<ref>The back cover says it's about "America, a generation from now. Not as it should be, but as it will be."<ref>|cover-by=Lou Feck|isbn=0553136674}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-bantam-1985.jpg|desc=Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback.|cover-by=Kid Kane|isbn=0553250760}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-carroll-graf-1988.jpg|desc=Carroll & Graf, 1988. Trade paperback.|cover-by=same as 1985, alas|isbn=0881844438}}

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-Sources include {{ISFDB title|1439}} and {{WorldCat editions|6853276}}.
+Sources include {{ISFDB title|1439}}, {{WorldCat editions|6853276}}, and {{Disch Index Translationum}}.
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 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-fr-denoel.jpg|language=French|translator=Jean Bonnefoy|alt-title=Sur les ailes du chant|desc=Denoël, 1980. Paperback.|cover-by=Stéphane Dumont}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-de-hohenheim.jpg|language=German|translator=Irene Holicki|alt-title=Auf Flügeln des Gesangs|desc=Hohenheim, 1982. Hardcover.|cover-by=Oliviero Berni|isbn=3-8147-0025-2}}
-{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-he-1983.jpg|language=Hebrew|translator=Irene Holicki|alt-title=ʻAl kanfe ha-shir|desc=Keter, 1983. Softcover.}}
+{{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-he-1983.jpg|language=Hebrew|translator=Zofia Lassman|alt-title=Al kanfe ha-shir|desc=Keter, 1983. Softcover.}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-de-heyne.jpg|language=German|translator=Irene Holicki|alt-title=Auf Flügeln des Gesangs|desc=Heyne, 1986. Paperback.|cover-by=Ulf Herholz|isbn=3-453-31218-X}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-it-mondadori.jpg|language=Italian|translator=Paola Tomaselli|alt-title=Le ali della mente|desc=Mondadori, 1996. Trade paperback.|cover-by=Oscar Chicone}}
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 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-es-bibliopolis.jpg|language=Spanish|translator=Luis G. Prado|alt-title=En alas de la canción|desc=Bibliópolis, 2003. Trade paperback.|cover-by=Roberto Uriel & Manuel de los Galanes|isbn=84-932836-5-7}}
 {{Edition tile|image=OWOS-cover-pl-solaris.jpg|language=Polish|translator=Michał Raginiak|alt-title=Na skrzydłach pieśni|desc=Solaris, 2007. Hardcover.|isbn=8389951843}}
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