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Cover of Wheels Within Wheels

Wheels Within Wheels

F. Paul Wilson

First published 1978
Publisher Doubleday
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 0385143974
Cover art David Wilhelmson
Pages x+[4]+176+[1]

Notes

Expansion of the 1971 novelette "Wheels Within Wheels".

  • "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.
  • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the ISBN (0-385-14397-4), and the LCCN (78-3262).
  • "A different version of this novel appeared as 'Wheels Within Wheels' in Analog" stated on the copyright page.
  • Year of publication stated on the title page.
  • Price and month of publication from Locus #217 (December 1978).
  • Gutter code "I38" on page 175 indicates a printing in September 1978.
  • "Jacket illustration by David Wilhelmson (over) Jacket typography by Elizabeth Levine" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
  • The verified copy is price-clipped with a publisher's sticker price of $9.95.
  • Unusual pagination as follows:
    • [i.] First title page [ii. is blank]
    • [iii.] Second title page (with author, publisher and year)
    • [iv.] Copyright page
    • [v.] Dedication page
    • [vi.] "In-universe" quotation
    • vii - x. "Prologue"
    • [xi.] "In-universe" quotation [xii. is blank]
    • [xiii.] Third title page [xiv. is blank]
    • 1 - 176 [The novel's text]
    • [177] "In-universe" quotation

Awards

Year Award Category Status
1979 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Winner

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
Wheels Within Wheels Cover 1979 Dell Paperback Novel Ellis 282
Wheels Within Wheels Cover 1980 Sidgwick & Jackson Hardcover Novel xiii+177
Wheels Within Wheels Cover 1985 Berkley Books Paperback Novel Barclay Shaw 186
Wheels Within Wheels Cover 2005 Infrapress Trade Paperback Novel vii+211
Wheels Within Wheels Cover 2020 Blackstone Publishing audio CD Novel