Thursday, November 06, 2008

Larry Niven Cover Gallery Part 1

The gallery is intended to cover primarily British paperback editions, although I've slipped in a few American editions, especially those titles that haven't had a British edition. I've also listed a couple of known UK paperback editions where I don't have cover scans.



The World of Ptavvs
Sphere 0-7221-6390-8, 1971. Cover by Michael McInnerney (Ballantine, 1971)
Sphere 0-7221-6387-8, 1973. Cover by Eddie Jones

Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8013-4, 1978. Cover by Peter Jones
Orbit, 1992. Cover by Fred Gambino
Little Brown/Orbit 1-8572-3997-0, Apr 2000. Cover by Fred Gambino

A Gift From Earth
Sphere 0-7221-6388-6, (6/-) 30p. Cover by unknown
Sphere 0-7221-6384-3, 1971. Cover by Eddie Jones
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8012-6, 1978. Cover by Peter Jones
Little Brown/Orbit 1-8572-3078-7, Apr 2000. Cover by Fred Gambino




Ringworld Sphere 0722-16391-6, 1973. Cover by Eddie Jones
Sphere 0722-16393-?, 1976 [same as above]
Sphere 0722-16395-9, 1976. [same as above]
----, 1977, 1978, 1978 [same as above]
Sphere 0722-16404-?, 1980 [same as above]
Sphere 0722-16406-?, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1984, 1986, 1986 [same as above]
----, 1988, 1990, 1990. Cover by Chris Moore
Orbit 0708-88374-5, Aug 1991. Cover by ?
Orbit 0857-23169-4, Jul 1997. Cover by Barclay Shaw
Gollancz 0575-07702-6 [SF Masterworks 60], Jun 2005. Cover by Steven Vincent Johnson
Gollancz 978-1407-23994-1 [SF Masterworks, n.d. (Mar 2012), 288pp, £7.99. Cover by Steven Vincent Johnson (colours manipulated) [recover of above?]

The Flying Sorcerers, with David Gerrold
Corgi 0-5520-9907-4, 1975. Cover by ?

Protector
Futura/Orbit 0-8600-7060-3, 1974.
Futura/Orbit 0-8600-7848-5, 1975; 1976. Cover by Tony Roberts
Futura 0-8600-7848-5, 1979. Cover by Peter Jones
Orbit 0-8600-7848-5, Feb 1992. Cover by Fred Gambino

The Mote in Gods Eye, with Jerry Pournelle
Futura/Orbit 0-8600-7906-6, 1976; 1977; 1978. Cover by Tony Roberts?
Macdonald Futura 0-8600-7906-6, 1980
---- [5th imp.], 1982. £2.25.
HarperCollins 0-5862-1746-0, Oct 1993.

Inferno, with Jerry Pournelle
Wyndham/Star 0-352-39729-2, 1977. Cover by Peter Jones

A World Out of Time
Futura/Orbit 0-8600-7963-5, 1977. Cover by Tony Roberts
Futura 0-8600-7963-5, 1979. Cover by Peter Jones
Orbit 0-8600-7963-5, Aug 1986. [same as above]

Lucifer's Hammer, with Jerry Pournelle
Futura 0-7088-1362-3, 1978; 1980. [typographical cover]
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-1362-3, 1982. Cover by Peter Jones

The Magic Goes Away
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8093-2, 1982. Cover by Peter Jones
The Ringworld Engineers
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8074-6, Oct 1990. Cover by Peter Jones
Orbit 1-8572-3111-2, May 1992. Cover by Fred Gambino
Orbit 1-8572-3111-2, 1998. Cover by Barclay Shaw

The Patchwork Girl
London, Futura 0-7088-8094-0, 1982. Cover by Peter Jones

Dream Park, with Steven Barnes
Futura, 1983. Cover by Peter Jones
Futura, 1985, 1987 [same as above]
Orbit 1-8572-3257-7, 1994. Cover by ?

Oath of Fealty, with Jerry Pournelle
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8089-4, 1982. Cover by Peter Jones
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8089-4, 1986. [same as above]

The Descent of Anansi, with Steven Barnes
New York, Tor Books, Oct 1982. (Pictured)
Orbit 0-7088-8102-5, Feb 1992. Cover by Nick Rodgers

The Integral Trees
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8154-8, 1985. Cover by ?
Orbit 0-7088-8154-8, Feb 1992. Cover by Nick Rodgers

Footfall, with Jerry Pournelle
Sphere 0-7221-6339-8, Sep 1986. Cover by John Harris
Orbit 0-7088-8376-1, Aug 1991. Cover by ?
Orbit 1-8572-3097-3, 1994. Cover by ?

The Legacy of Heorot, with Jerry Pournelle & Steve Barnes
Sphere 0-7221-6407-6, Apr 1988. Cover by ?
Orbit 0-7088-8378-8, Aug 1991. Cover by ?
Orbit 0-8572-3184-1, 1994. Cover by ?

The Smoke Ring
Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8267-6, 1988. Cover by ?

The Barsoom Project, with Steven Barnes (New York, Ace, Sep 1989)
Pan 0330-31445-9, Apr 1990. h/c. Cover by Chris Moore
Pan 0330-31670-2, Feb 1991. [same as above]

Achilles' Choice, with Steven Barnes (New York, Tor, Mar 1991. h/c (pictured))
Pan 0-3303-2474-8, Jan 1993. h/c. Cover by Boris Vallejo [same as above]
Pan 0-3303-3104-3, Dec 1993. [same as above]

Fallen Angels, with Jerry Pournelle & Michael Flynn
New York, Baen Books, Jul 1991. (pictured)
Pan 0-3303-2473-X, Nov 1993. h/c. Cover by Mark Salwowski
Pan 0-3303-3599-5, Dec 1994. [same as above]


Dream Park: The Voodoo Game, with Steven Barnes
London, Pan 0-3303-2056-4, Dec 1991. h/c. Cover by Fred Gambino
London, Pan 0-3303-2647-3, Jan 1993. [same as above]
aka The California Voodoo Game, New York, Ballantine, Feb 1992.

The Gripping Hand, with Jerry Pournelle (New York, Pocket Books, Feb 1993. h/c. Cover by Lee MacLeod (pictured); as The Moat Around Murcheson's Eye, London, HarperCollins 0-0022-4165-X, Apr 1993. h/c. Cover by John Harris (pictured))
HarperCollins 0-0022-4200-1, Oct 1993. t/pb. [same as above]
HarperCollins 0-0064-7645-7, Mar 1994. [same as above]

The Dragons of Heorot, with Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes (London, Gollancz, Apr 1995; as Beowulf's Children, New York, Tor Books, Nov 1995)
Orbit 1857-23373-5, Sep 1996. Cover by Fred Gambino


The Ringworld Throne
London, Orbit 1-8572-3399-9, Jul 1996. h/c. Cover by John Harris
London, Orbit 1-8572-3470-7, Jul 1997. Cover by Barclay Shaw

Destiny's Road (New York, Tor Books, Jun 1997; London, Orbit, Dec 1997)
Orbit 1857-23548-7, 1988, 438pp, £5.99. Cover by Michael Whelan

Rainbow Mars
London, Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-844-3, Mar 1999. h/c. Cover by Bob Eggleton
London, Little Brown/Orbit 1-85723-948-2, Dec 1999. [same as above]
Note: Novel only [originally published in the collection Rainbow Mars]

The Burning City, with Jerry Pournelle
New York, Pocket Books, Mar 2000. (pictured)
London, Orbit 1-8414-9006-7, Apr 2000. h/c. Cover by David Wyatt [same as above, I think]

Saturn's Race, with Steven Barnes
New York, Tor Books, May 2000. Cover by Bob Eggleton (pictured)

Ringworld's Children
London, Time Warner UK/Orbit, Jul 2004. h/c. Cover by Lee Gibbons
London, Time Warner UK/Orbit, 1-8414-9222-1, Apr 2005. [same as above?]

The Burning Tower, with Jerry Pournelle
Time Warner UK/Orbit, Apr 2005. Cover by Steve Stone
Orbit 1841492183, Jan 2007. [same as above]

Building Harlequin's Moon, with Brenda Cooper
New York, Tor Books, Jun 2006. h/c. Cover by Stephan Martiniere (pictured)

Fleet of Worlds, with Edward M. Lerner (New York, Tor Books, 2006)
New York, Tor Books, Oct 2007. Cover by Stephan Martiniere (pictured)

Juggler of Worlds, with Edward M. Lerner (New York, Tor Books, Sep 2008)
Tor Books

Escape from Hell, with Jerry Pournelle (New York, Tor Books, Feb 2009)
New York, Tor Books, Mar 2010.

Destroyer of Worlds, with Edward M. Lerner (New York, Tor Books, Nov 2009)
New York, Tor Books, Nov 2010, 436pp, $7.99. Cover by Stephan Martiniere

Betrayer of Worlds, with Edward M. Lerner (New York, Tor Books, Oct 2010)
New York, Tor Books, May 2011, 384pp, $7.99. Cover by Stephan Martiniere

The Moon Maze Game, with Steven Barnes
New York, Tor Books, Aug 2011.

Fate of Worlds, with Edward M. Lerner (New York, Tor Books, Aug 2012)
Tor Books, Jul 2013.

Bowl of Heaven, with Gregory Benford (New York, Tor Books, Oct 2012)
Titan Books 978-1783-29432-9, Jul 2014, 416pp, £7.99.

The Goliath Stone, with Matthew Joseph Harrington (New York, Tor Books, Jun 2013)
(no UK paperback)

ShipStar, with Gregory Benford (New York, Tor Books, Apr 2014)
Titan Books 978-1783-29434-3, (Jan) 2015, 416pp, £7.99.

The Seascape Tattoo, with Steven Barnes (New York, Tor Books, 2016)

(* to be continued...)

3 comments:

  1. When I lived in the U. K, 1966-1977, I read the hardback; I am almost certain that the first British paperback of Ringworld had the ring gainst a blue-sky background, with the living surfaces on the outside of the ring; I don't remember where a sun might have been. Whether anyone can still find a copy, I don't know.

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  2. Hi Don,

    I'll see if I can track down a copy of the first UK paperback.

    But mistakes relating to the Ringworld are a tradition... didn't Niven admit that in the first editions of the book the Ringworld was rotating the wrong way?

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  3. What a great set of cover images -- many thanks!

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