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The Gripping Hand

Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle

First published 1993
Publisher Pocket Books
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 0671795732
Cover art Lee MacLeod
Pages [10]+401+[1]

Notes

  • "First Pocket Books hardcover printing February 1993"
  • First printing by number line 10—1
  • Jacket illustration credited to MacLeod on inside rear flap
  • Jacket design by Jim Lebbad.
  • Two different maps on FEP and BEP are uncredited both have the fictional text "© A.D. 3046 IMPERIAL UNIVERSITY" printed bottom right.
  • Author surnames and title are raised text as is part of the artwork (hand and planets).
  • $27.50 in Canada.
  • Duplicate barcode on front flap
  • Has the number 02932200 in a white box on rear of dustwrapper.

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
1994 Hugo Award Best Novel Nominee/Finalist
1994 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Gripping Hand Cover 1993 Pocket Books / SFBC Hardcover Novel 00784 Lee MacLeod 402
The Gripping Hand Cover 1994 Pocket Books Paperback Novel Lee MacLeod xviii+413
The Gripping Hand Cover 2011 Spectrum Literary Agency eBook Novel 436
The Gripping Hand Cover 2012 Audible Studios digital audio download Novel
The Gripping Hand Cover 2014 Spectrum Literary Agency eBook Novel
The Gripping Hand 2014 Gallery Books Trade Paperback Novel 432