334/Editions

Details and images in this list are mainly derived from ISFDB, which has fuller information.

All the notes on the rest of this site refer to the 1999 Vintage Books edition.

US

Vintage Books (Random House), 1999. Trade paperback. Cover art (by Elliot Erwitt): shining TV in dismal room. ISBN 0375705449

Carroll & Graf, 1987. Paperback. Cover art (by Roy Colmer): horrifying upside-down screaming face. ISBN 0881843407

Gregg Press, 1976. Hardcover - exact reprint of the Avon Books paperback edition. Introduction by M. John Harrison, frontispiece illustration by Richard Powers. ISBN 0839823312

Avon Books, 1974. Paperback. Cover art (artist unknown): lascivious woman on couch watching TV. Subtitled "The bold, innovative novel of city existence."

UK & Australia

Littlehampton Book Services, 1982. Paperback. ISBN 0417060807

Magnum, 1981. Paperback. Cover art: big chrome numbers. ISBN 0417060807

Sphere, 1974. Paperback. Cover art (by Tony Roberts): a spaceship?! ISBN 0722129734

MacGibbon & Kee, 1972. Hardcover. Dust jacket art (by Michael Hasted): apartment building as mainframe computer. ISBN 0261632833

Textual differences

There are a few differences between earlier and later editions that might either be corrections, or misguided "corrections" by an over-zealous copyeditor— in speculative fiction, especially with a playful author, it's not always easy to tell what is a mistake. Here's how the Vintage trade paperback (B) differs from all earlier US editions (A):

• "US gorillas" (A) -> "US guerrillas" (B)
• "mickeymouse" (A) -> "Mickey Mouse" (B)
• "sexlife" (A) -> "sex life" (B)
• "The Greek Berets" (A) -> "The Green Berets" (B)