Posted by John Robinson on March 22, 1998 at 21:12:41:
In Reply to: First Edition of _Ports of Call_ posted by Jerry Hewett on March 22, 1998 at 09:02:19:
: I'm looking for the earliest documented sighting of Jack Vance's latest
: novel, _Ports of Call_. I'm particularly interested in hearing from
: folks back on the East Coast or those of you that work in bookstores in
: The Netherlands or the United States. I'm after delivery dates and
: shelving dates if I can get them, or purchase dates if I can't.
: It appears that both the Meulenhoff (Dutch) and Tor (US) editions were
: released within a week of each other. The Tor edition showed up on the
: shelves first, but the Meulenhoff edition is copyright March 1998 and the
: Tor edition is copyright April 1998.
: So what constitutes a "simultaneous release", anyway? Two separate
: editions released the same day? The same week?
: Jerry H.
Jerry,
After reading a post on this board, I contacted Amazon and bought Ports of Call on the 16th. Amazon confirmed on the 17th that shipment had been made. Visited Barnes and Noble on the 21st and they had several copies of Ports of Call. Picked up a trade 1st edition paperback of Nightlamp which will become my "reading copy".
John