Mark’s Comments (group member since Apr 13, 2012)

Mark’s comments from the The Sword and Laser group.

Now, what other books written by a Grand Master should we read?

How about Harry Harrison's The Stainless Steel Rat?

Ok, it took me a while, but I setup the list as a table over at the Sword & Laser wiki, where anyone can edit and update.

https://swordandlaser.wikia.com/wiki/...

Trike wrote: "I presume someone has the books read ordered by publication date. Can you cut and paste that, just to quench my curiosity?"

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...

Bryan wrote: "So, here’s a weird story...I just got back from Worldcon 76 in San Jose (where I got to sit in on panels starring both Veronica and Tom) but I also sat beside someone with a very interesting backgr..."

Did you choose your avatar before or after beginning to read Slan?

Imagine what this thread would have looked like if Tom had chosen Van Vogt's The Voyage of the Space Beagle as the monthly pick...

Trike wrote: "Congrats to Mark for being prominently featured in the upcoming podcast. 😁"

I was behind on my comment quota.

Greek edition

German edition

Polish edition

French edition

Spanish edition

Article on the sequel, Slan Hunter, completed by Kevin J. Anderson

http://old.seattletimes.com/html/book...

From the January 1952 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, order your copy now...

This bibliography of Slan indicates which version of the text appears in a particular edition, if known.

http://www.icshi.net/sevagram/biblio/...

and the 1951 revised edition with a not very exciting cover

The 1968 revised revised edition

For a deep dive into the five versions of Slan, see this article

http://www.icshi.net/sevagram/summari...

The article has a guide to determine which version you are reading.

Edit: There are five versions of Slan.

1) The 1940 four-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction
2) The 1946 hardcover edition from Arkham House
3) The 1951 revised hardcover edition from Simon & Schuster
4) The 1952 abridged edition in Fantastic Story Magazine
5) The 1968 revised paperback edition from Berkley Medallion

The Kindle edition has the 1951 text.

Holy Cow! We live in the golden age of pulps! All four issues of Astounding Science Fiction, September 1940 thru December 1940 are also available to read.

http://www.luminist.org/archives/SF/A...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3r1z1qzc6ki...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxsncqpzcdc...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n8ic9slwdig...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3co6ezunlj2...

Edit: These PDFs are large, 151Mb, 68Mb, 128Mb, and 124Mb respectively.

So, we can read the original serialized version if desired.

The abridged edition of Slan that was published in Fantastic Story Magazine, Summer 1952, is available at archive.org

https://archive.org/details/Fantastic...

Edit: PDF is 7Mb.