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== US ==
 
 
Serialized in three parts in ''The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction'': {{ISFDB|61102|February}}, {{ISFDB|61271|March}}, and {{ISFDB|60967|April}} 1979.
 
 
St. Martin's Press, 1979. Hardcover. Cover art (by Michael Mariano): blackface singer, piano keys, spotlight. (Nitpick: the artist has painted Daniel with two pink spots on his cheeks, which is a look he has for a while, but not in his performing career.) {{ISBN|0312584660}}
 
 
Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback. Cover art (by Lou Feck): fresh-faced Iowa kid physically soaring above the countryside. {{ISBN|0553136674}}
 
 
Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback. Cover art (by Kid Kane): a sort of vinyl cyberpunk boy-band dude flying above a city, wtf. {{ISBN|0553250760}}
 
 
Carroll & Graf, 1988. Trade paperback. Same cover art as the 1985 Bantam, alas. {{ISBN|0881844438}}
 
 
Easton Press, 1993. Hardcover, leatherbound limited edition. Illustrations and cover art by Pat Morrissey, introduction by James K. Morrow. No ISBN.
 
 
Carroll & Graf, 2003. Trade paperback. Cover art (artist unknown): impressionistic cityscape, ghostly figure. {{ISBN|0786711221}}
 
 
== UK & Australia ==
 
 
Gollancz, 1979. Hardcover. Cover art (by Malcolm Ashman): an angel in distress. {{ISBN|0575025476}}
 
 
Magnum, 1981. Paperback. Cover art (by Chris Moore): gaudily futuristic singer in metal headgear and shackles. {{ISBN|0417055803}}
 
 
== E-book ==
 
 
Chu Hartley Publishers, 2016. No cover art.
 
 
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{{Editions ISFDB|1439}}
 
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Revision as of 13:01, 21 January 2025

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

US

Serialized in three parts in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: February, March, and April 1979.

St. Martin's Press, 1979. Hardcover. Cover art (by Michael Mariano): blackface singer, piano keys, spotlight. (Nitpick: the artist has painted Daniel with two pink spots on his cheeks, which is a look he has for a while, but not in his performing career.) ISBN 0312584660

Bantam Books, 1980. Paperback. Cover art (by Lou Feck): fresh-faced Iowa kid physically soaring above the countryside. ISBN 0553136674

Bantam Books, 1985. Paperback. Cover art (by Kid Kane): a sort of vinyl cyberpunk boy-band dude flying above a city, wtf. ISBN 0553250760

Carroll & Graf, 1988. Trade paperback. Same cover art as the 1985 Bantam, alas. ISBN 0881844438

Easton Press, 1993. Hardcover, leatherbound limited edition. Illustrations and cover art by Pat Morrissey, introduction by James K. Morrow. No ISBN.

Carroll & Graf, 2003. Trade paperback. Cover art (artist unknown): impressionistic cityscape, ghostly figure. ISBN 0786711221

UK & Australia

Gollancz, 1979. Hardcover. Cover art (by Malcolm Ashman): an angel in distress. ISBN 0575025476

Magnum, 1981. Paperback. Cover art (by Chris Moore): gaudily futuristic singer in metal headgear and shackles. ISBN 0417055803

E-book

Chu Hartley Publishers, 2016. No cover art.


Textual differences

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction serialization is slightly shorter than the full novel, and does not include the epigram.

The epigram also does not appear in the first British hardcover from Gollancz.