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The Dark Design
Genre Science Fiction
Type Novel
Series Riverworld #3
Nominated for the Locus Award (1978 - Best Novel: 14th).
Also published as an Audio Book (2010).
DEDICATION: "To Sam Long and my godson David, son of Doctor Docter."
COVER TEXT:
Years have passed on Riverworld. Entire nations have risen, and savage wars have been fought - all since Earth's dead found themselves resurrected in their magnificent new homeworld. Yet the truth about the Ethicals, the powerful engineers of this mysterious "afterlife", remains unknown. But a curious cross-section of humanity is determined to change that situation...at any cost.
Intrepid explorer Sir Richard Francis Burton leads the most remarkable voyage of discovery he has ever undertaken. Hot on his heels are Samuel Clemens, King John of England, and Cyrano de Bergerac. Spurred by the promise of ultimate answers, they chart a course across the vast polar sea - and toward the awesome tower that looms above it. But getting there will be more than half the battle. For death on Riverworld has become chillingly final...
(Ballantine/Del Rey)
 
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101 Publications

US

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FIRST PUBLICATION
New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
-
ISBN 0-399-12031-9
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
10/1977
412
$ 9.95
Vincent Di Fate
Dark blue cloth boards, with silver lettering on the spine. No statement of printing on the copyright page. With a foreword by PJF.


Vincent Di Fate
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New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam
-
ISBN 0-399-12031-9
hardcover (23,5×16cm)
not dated [= unknown] (2nd)
not dated [= unknown] (3rd)
412
$ 9.95
Vincent Di Fate
Dark blue cloth boards, with silver lettering on the spine. 'Second Impression' or 'Third Impression' stated on the copyright page. Otherwise exactly the same data as with the first printing, including the printing date (7710) on the dustjacket. With a foreword by PJF.

Vincent Di Fate
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New York, NY: Berkley Medallion Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-03831-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
07/1978 (1st)
not dated [= -/1978] (2nd)
not dated [= -/1978] (3rd)
not dated [= -/1979] (4th)
xii + 403
$ 2.25
uncredited [= Vincent Di Fate]
The title is in in red gilt on the cover. With a foreword by PJF.

Vincent Di Fate
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New York, NY: Berkley Medallion Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-03831-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
not dated [= -/1979] (5th)
not dated [= -/1980] (6th)
not dated [= -/1980] (7th)
xii + 403
$ 2.25
uncredited [= Vincent Di Fate]
With a foreword by PJF. The sixth printing has been used in the boxed set of Riverworld books in 1980.

Vincent Di Fate
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New York, NY: Berkley / Putnam / BCE
Book Club Edition, SFBC #2679
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
not dated [= 11/1980; date code K43]
not dated [= 02/1984; date code O06]
not dated [= -/1988 (?); no date code]
xiv + 428
not priced [= $ 7.98]
Vincent Di Fate
Dark blue paper boards and black leatherette spine, with blue lettering on the spine. First printing has date code K43 on page 427. With a foreword by PJF.

Vincent Di Fate
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-05027-0
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1981 (8th)
09/1981 (8th)
xii + 403
$ 2.50
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF. There is also a 'second' eight printing with exactly the same data, only with a publishing date of 09/1981. Both printings have been used in the boxed set of Riverworld books in 1981.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-05546-9
paperback(17,5×10,5cm)
11/1981 (9th)
01/1983 (10th)
xii + 403
$ 2.75
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-06584-7
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
06/1983 (11th)
10/1983 (12th)
xii + 403
$ 2.95
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-07284-3
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
12/1983 (13th)
xii + 403
$ 2.95
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-08678-X
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
05/1985 (14th)
xii + 403
$ 3.50
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-09842-7
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
06/1986 (15th)
xii + 403
$ 3.95
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Ace Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-441-13817-9
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
08/1988 (1st)
xii + 403
$ 3.95
uncredited [= Don Ivan Punchatz]
With a foreword by PJF.

Don Ivan Punchatz
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41969-3
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
08/1998 (1st)
not dated [= unknown] (2nd)
not dated [= unknown] (3rd)
not dated [= unknown] (4th)
xii + 450
$ 12.95
John Stevens
The number of printing is indicated in a row of numbers on the copyright page. With a foreword by PJF.

John Stevens
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New York, NY: Ballantine / Del Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41969-3
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
not dated [= -/2002] (5th)
not dated [= unknown] (6th)
not dated [= unknown] (7th)
xii + 450
$ 13.95
John Stevens
The number of printing is indicated in a row of numbers on the copyright page. With a foreword by PJF.

John Stevens
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New York, NY: Random House / Del Rey Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-345-41969-3
trade paperback (20,5×13cm)
not dated [= -/2005 ?] (8th)
xii + 450
$ 14.95
John Stevens
The number of printing is indicated in a row of numbers on the copyright page. With a foreword by PJF.

John Stevens
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New York, NY: Tor Books
-
ISBN 978-0-7653-2654-6
trade paperback (21×14cm)
06/2010
461
$ 17.99
(movie still)
First printing indicated in a row of numbers on the copyright page. With a Preface by PJF.

-
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New York, NY: Tor Books
ISBN 978-1-4299-4914-9
ebook
06/2010
(461)
$ 9.99
(movie still)
With a Preface by PJF.

-
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New York, NY: Tor Books
-
ISBN 978-0-7653-2654-6
trade paperback (21×14cm)
not dated [= unknown]
461
$ 18.99
(movie still)
With a Preface by PJF. Later printings were Published on Demand.

-
UK
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St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
04/1979 (1st)
-/1979 (2nd)
464
£ 1.25
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. The second printing is also included in the boxed set of Riverworld books in 1979.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
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St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1979 (2nd = 3rd)
464
£ 1.50
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. No indication in the book that this is the third printing, it has the same info on the copyright page as the second printing: "Reprinted 1979". Only the cover design and the price differ.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
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St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1980 (3rd = 4th)
464
£ 1.50
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. Indicated in the book as the third printing, it is actually the fourth. Left out is the 1979(3) reprint.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
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Notes
St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1982 (3rd = 5th)
464
£ 1.95
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF.  Indicated in the book as the third printing, it is actually the fifth. It does not mention the 1979(3) and 1980 reprints. This printing is also included in the boxed set of Riverworld books in 1982.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
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Notes
St Albans, Herts: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
07/1983 (4th = 6th)
464
£ 1.95
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. Indicated in the book as the fourth printing, it is actually the sixth. It leaves out the 1979(3) and 1980 reprints.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
London: Granada / Panther Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1985 (5th = 7th)
464
£ 2.50
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. Indicated in the book as the fifth printing, it is actually the seventh. It leaves out the 1979(3) and 1980 reprints. This printing is also included in the boxed set of Riverworld books in 1985.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1986 (6th = 8th)
464
£ 2.95
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. Indicated in the book as the sixth printing, it is actually the eighth. This book wrongly mentions a reprint in 1981, but leaves out the 1979(3), 1982 and 1985 printings.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
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Date
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Price
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Notes
London: Severn House
-
ISBN 0-7278-1448-6
hardcover (20,5×13cm)
06/1987
464
£ 10.95
Nigel Hills
First UK hardcover. With black paper boards and gilt lettering on the spine. With a foreword by PJF.

Nigel Hills
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1988 (7th = 9th)
464
£ 2.99
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. Indicated in the book as the seventh printing, it is actually the ninth. This book wrongly mentions a reprint in 1981, but leaves out the 1979(3), 1982 and 1985 printings.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
London: Grafton Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-04835-9
paperback (17,5×11cm)
-/1990 (8th = 10th)
464
£ 3.99
uncredited [= Joe Petagno]
With a foreword by PJF. Indicated in the book as the eighth printing, it is actually the tenth. This book wrongly mentions a reprint in 1981, but leaves out the 1979(3), 1982 and 1985 printings.

Joe Petagno
Publisher
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
London: Gateway
ISBN 978-0-575-11968-0
ebook
05/2012
(460)
£ 2.48 ($ 4.73)
-
With a foreword by PJF.
Publisher
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Cover art
Notes
London: Gateway Essentials
ISBN 978-0-575-11968-0
ebook
-/2016
(460)
£ 5.52 ($ 7.16)
-
With a foreword by PJF.
CZECH REPUBLIC
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
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Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Czech: Temný záměr
Prague: Triton Books
Trifid / Svĕt Řeky 3
ISBN 80-7254-246-X
paperback (16,5×11cm)
12/2002
572 (* 567)
Kč 249,00
Jana Rečková
Martin Zhouf
With a foreword, "Předmluva", by PJF. Martin Šust wrote an afterword about Farmer's writing career and about some of his stories and most of the novels. Strangely enough this essay has been printed twice in the book, otherwise the book would have counted 567 pages (*).

Martin Zhouf
FRANCE
Title
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Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et demain (no. 62)
ISBN 2-221-00532-5
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
07/1980 (1st)
467
not priced
Guy Abadia
no artist
With a foreword by PJF. The cover is with silver foil, which has different patterns on the printings.

-
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et demain (no. 62)
ISBN 2-221-00532-5
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
02/1981 (2nd)
467
not priced
Guy Abadia
no artist
With a foreword by PJF. The cover is with silver foil, which has different patterns on the printings.

-
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et demain (no. 62)
ISBN 2-221-00532-5
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
11/1982 (3rd)
467
not priced
Guy Abadia
no artist
With a foreword by PJF. The cover is with silver foil, which has different patterns on the printings.

-
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs et demain (no. 62)
ISBN 2-221-00532-5
trade paperback (21,5×13,5cm)
03/1985 (4th)
467
F 82
Guy Abadia
no artist
With a foreword by PJF. The cover is with 'silver' foil, which has different patterns on the printings.

-
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Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
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Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: J'ai Lu
Science-Fiction, No. 2074
ISBN 2-277-22074-4
paperback (16,5×11cm)
09/1986
03/1988
538
not priced
Guy Abadia
Donald Grant
With a foreword by PJF.

Donald Grant
Title
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Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 2-253-06282-0
paperback (16,5×11cm)
02/1993
03/1995
10/1998
538
not priced
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword by PJF.

Manchu
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
02/2001
543
FF 44
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword by PJF.

Manchu
Title
Omnibus
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
in Le Cycle du Fleuve (*)
Paris: Robert Laffont
Ailleurs & Demain: La Bibliothèque
ISBN 2-221-10076-X
trade paperback (20×13cm)
11/2003
817
€ 25,00
Guy Abadia
Jurgen Ziewe
With a foreword by PJF.
Omnibus, together with To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat. Also included in a boxed set with both omnibus volumes.

Jurgen Ziewe
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
08/2004 (5th)
543
€ 6,75
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword by PJF.

Manchu
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 978-2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
02/2007 (6th)
543
€ 7,50
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword by PJF.

Manchu
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
Science-Fiction, No. 7153
ISBN 978-2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
12/2011 [wrongly dated*] (7th)
543
€ 7,50
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a forewordby PJF. [*] This printing is wrongly dated as December 2011. I bought it in Paris more than six months before that, so I take it that the year or the month is a mistake.

Manchu
Title
Omnibus
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Contents



Notes
French: Le noir dessein
in Le monde du fleuve (Intégrale)
Saint-Laurent d'Oingt: Mnémos
-
ISBN 978-2-35408-341-0
hardcover (24×16,5cm)
03/2016
1273
€ 35,00
Guy Abadia
Jorge Jacinto
Omnibus, with all five Riverworld novels and one novella: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Fabulous Riverboat, The Dark Design, The Magic Labyrinth, "Riverworld", and Gods of Riverworld.
With a foreword by PJF. With a marker ribbon.

Jorge Jacinto
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
French: Le noir dessein
Paris: Le Livre de Poche
No. 7153
ISBN 978-2-253-06282-0
paperback (18×11cm)
07/2018 (8th)
543
€ 8,70
Guy Abadia
Manchu
With a foreword by PJF.

Manchu
Title
Omnibus
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Contents



Notes
French: Le noir dessein
in Le monde du fleuve (Intégrale)
Saint-Laurent d'Oingt: Mnémos
-
ISBN 978-2-35408-681-7
hardcover [no dustjacket] (24×16cm)
10/2018
1261
€ 37,00
Guy Abadia
uncredited
Omnibus, with all five Riverworld novels and one novella: To Your Scattered Bodies Go, The Fabulous Riverboat, The Dark Design, The Magic Labyrinth, "Riverworld", and Gods of Riverworld.
With a foreword by PJF. Pictorial boards. With a marker ribbon.

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GERMANY
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
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Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3693
ISBN 3-453-30613-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
06/1980 (1st)
-/1981 (2nd)
-/1982 (3rd)
-/1983 (4th)
-/1985 (5th)
-/1987 (6th)
-/1988 (7th)
541
DM 9,80
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
With a foreword by PJF.

Johann Peter Reuter
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3693
ISBN 3-453-30613-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1990 (8th)
541
DM 10,80
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
With a foreword by PJF.

Johann Peter Reuter
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3693
ISBN 3-453-30613-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1992 (9th)
541
DM 12,80
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
With a foreword by PJF.

Johann Peter Reuter
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Dates

Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
München: Heyne
Science Fiction, Band 3693
ISBN 3-453-30613-9
paperback (18×11,5cm)
-/1994 (10th)
-/1996 (11th)
541
DM 14,90
Ronald M. Hahn
Johann Peter Reuter
With a foreword by PJF.

Johann Peter Reuter
Title
Set of books
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Dates

Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
as Flußwelt-zyklus (not a booktitle)
Augsburg: Bechtermünz
Science Fiction
ISBN 3-86047-528-2
hardcover [no dustjacket] (18,5×12cm)
-/1996
-/1997
541
DM 39,90 (for all four books in the set)
Ronald M. Hahn
David Mattingly
Pictorial boards. Four hardcover books with the same ISBN, they were not sold separately. With a foreword by PJF.

David Mattingly
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
München: Piper
Serie Piper No. 6659
ISBN 978-3-492-26659-8
paperback (19×12cm)
04/2008 (1st)
574
€ 8,95
Ronald M. Hahn
Xu Liang'an (credited to: Joshua Caez)
With a foreword by PJF.

Xu Liang'an
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
German: Das dunkle Muster
München: Piper
Serie Piper No. 6659
ISBN 978-3-492-26659-8
paperback (19×12cm)
03/2009 (2nd)
574
€ 9,95
Ronald M. Hahn
Xu Liang'an
The cover artist of the first printing was stated to be Joshua Caez. Probably a mistake from the publisher, corrected with the second printing. With a foreword by PJF.

Xu Liang'an
ISRAEL
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Hebrew: התבנית האפלה
Htavnit haafela
Tel Aviv: Odyssey Publishing House
-
ISBN 965-7198-25-9
trade paperback (21×13,5cm)
-/2003
397
ILS 80
Uri Sagi
Boris & Pazit Kozokin (בוריס ופזית קוזוקין)
With a foreword ("פתח רבר") by PJF.

Kozokin
ITALY
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Italian: Il grande disegno
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di fantascienza, 77/78
no ISBN [later ISBN 88-429-0086-9]
hardcover (19,5×12,5cm)
07/1978 (1st)
vii + 377
L 5.000
Roberta Rambelli
Franco Storchi
With an introduction by Lester del Rey and with a foreword by PJF. The publisher later gave this publication ISBN 88-429-0086-9. 

Franco Storchi
Title
Boxed set
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Italian: Il grande disegno
as Ciclo completo del Mondo del fiume
Milan: Nord
I Grandi Cicli 2.3
no ISBN [later ISBN 88-429-0086-9]
trade paperback (19×12,5cm)
10/1983 (2nd)
viii + 377
L 20.000 (box price!)
Roberta Rambelli
Franco Storchi
Boxed set of four paperbacks. These books were not sold separately. With an introduction by Lester del Rey and with a foreword by PJF. The publisher later gave this publication ISBN 88-429-0086-9. 

Franco Storchi
Title
Omnibus
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Italian: Il grande disegno
in Riverworld, Il mondo del Fiume (Libro Primo)
Milan: Nord
Grandi Opere 21
ISBN 88-429-0604-2
trade paperback (21×14cm)
10/1992
xx + 780
L 50.000 (for both volumes)
Roberta Rambelli
Peter A. Jones
The two omnibus volumes have the same ISBN. The books were not sold separately. Omnibus, together with To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat.

Peter A. Jones
Title
Magazine
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Italian: Il grande disegno
in Urania
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
# 1222
no ISBN
nagazine (19×13cm)
01/1994
368
L 5.000
Roberta Rambelli
Oscar Chichoni
Complete novel, plus an Italian essay, in this issue.

Oscar Chichoni
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Italian: Il grande disegno
Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore
Oscar Bestsellers 505
ISBN 88-04-39472-2
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
03/1995
510
L 14.000
Roberta Rambelli
Marco Patrito
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Marco Patrito
Title
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Italian: Il grande disegno
Rome: Fanucci Editore
TIF Extra
ISBN 978-88-347-1952-7
trade paperback (21×13,5cm)
08/2012
509
€ 9,90
Roberta Rambelli
Crop
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Crop
JAPAN
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Japanese: 飛翔せよ、遙かなる空へ 上
Hisho seyo Haruka naru Sora he 1
Tokyo: Hayakawa
ハヤカワ文庫・SF 516
ISBN 4-15-010516-2
paperback (16×11cm)
06/1983
386
¥ 440
Hiroyuki Okabe
Noboru Nonaka
Original novel published in two paperback volumes, this is part 1.

Noboru Nonaka
Title

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Japanese: 飛翔せよ、遙かなる空へ 下
Hisho seyo Haruka naru Sora he 2
Tokyo: Hayakawa
ハヤカワ文庫・SF 517
ISBN 4-15-010517-0
paperback (16×11cm)
06/1983
356
¥ 440
Hiroyuki Okabe
Noboru Nonaka
Original novel published in two paperback volumes, this is part 2.

Noboru Nonaka
POLAND
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Polish: Mroczny wzór
Warsaw: Wydawnictwo MAG
-
ISBN 978-83-7480-096-9
trade paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
08/2008
546
Zł 35,00
Robert Waliś
Irek Konior
With a foreword by PJF.

Irek Konior
PORTUGAL
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
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Format
Date
Pages
Price
Translation
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Notes
Portuguese: Desígnio negro /1
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #272
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
-/1980
228
not priced
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro [Based on Vincent Di Fate's art]
With a foreword by PJF. The novel published in two paperback volumes.

A. Pedro (Di Fate)
Title
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Notes
Portuguese: Desígnio negro /2
Lisbon: Livros Do Brasil
Colecção Argonauta #273
no ISBN
paperback (16×11cm)
-/1980
227
not priced
Eurico Fonseca
A. Pedro [Based on Vincent Di Fate's art]
The novel published in two paperback volumes.

A. Pedro (Di Fate)
ROMANIA
Title
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Romanian: Planul misterios
Bucharest: Editura Nemira
Nautilus #129
ISBN 973-569-218-X
trade paperback (20×12,5cm)
-/1998
431
not priced
Gabriel Stoian
Ionuț Bănuță
With a foreword by PJF.

Ionuț Bănuță
Title
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Romanian: Planul misterios
Bucharest: Editura Nemira
Nautilus Science Fiction
ISBN 978-973-569-849-2
paperback (18×11cm)
06/2006
620
not priced [= Lei 29,90]
Gabriel Stoian
David Ho
With a foreword by PJF.

David Ho
RUSSIA
Title
Latin
Omnibus
Latin
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Russian: Тёмный замысел
Tomnyy zamysel
in Ф.Фармер: Тёмный замысел
in F. Farmer: Tomnyy zamyse
Moscow & St Petersburg: Troll
St Petersburg: Yuventa
Меч и Посох. Коллекция фантастической эпопеи 12
ISBN 5-87365-005-5 | ISBN 5-87399-001-8
hardcover (22×14,5cm)
03/1994
524
not priced
M.S. Nachmanson and I.F. Lahminov
S.P. Bondarenko
Joined publication of two publishers Troll and Yuventa.
Omnibus, together with Time's Last Gift. The omnibus includes an essay, "Филип Хосе Фармер" ("Philip Jose Farmer"), by Andrei Chertkov.

S.P. Bondarenko
Title
Latin
Omnibus
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Russian: Темные замыслы
Temnyye zamysly
in Миры Филипа Фармера - T. 7
in Miry Filipa Farmera - T. 7
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
-
ISBN 5-88132-157-X
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
07/1996
415
not priced
V. Kovalevsky and N. Shtutser
uncredited
Pictorial boards. Illustrated by M. Ermakov. With a foreword about the novel. This book is not actually an omnibus, but it is part of an omnibus series.

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Russian: Темные замыслы
Temnyye zamysly
in Темные замыслы
in Temnyye zamysly
Moscow: AST
St Petersburg: Sewero-Zapad Press
Золотая библиотека фантастики
ISBN 5-17-010429-4 / ISBN 5-93698-061-7
hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13cm)
11/2001
703
not priced
I. Lakhminov & M. Nachmanson
M. Kalinkin
Pictorial boards. Omnibus, together with River of Eternity. With a foreword ("Предисловие автора") by PJF.

M. Kalinkin
Title
Latin
Omnibus
Lain
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Russian: Темные замыслы
Темные замыслы
in Мир Реки: Темные замыслы
in Mir Reki: Temnyye zamysly
Moscow: Eksmo
St Petersburg: Domino
Шедевры фантастики
ISBN 978-5-699-21953-7
hardcover (20×13cm)
05/2007
960
not priced
V. Kovalevski and N. Shtutser
Jean Pierre Targete
Omnibus, together with To Your Scattered Bodies Go and The Fabulous Riverboat.

Jean Pierre Targete
SPAIN
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
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Pages
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Notes
Spanish: El oscuro designio
Madrid: Ultramar
Grandes Éxitos Bolsillo (Ciencia Ficción) B-60
ISBN 84-7386-324-0
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
03/1983 (1st)
475
not priced
Domingo Santos
Garcés / Bosch
With a foreword by PJF.

Garcés / Bosch
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Dates

Pages
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Notes
Spanish: El oscuro designio
Barcelona: Ultramar
Grandes Éxitos Bolsillo (Ciencia Ficción) B-60
ISBN 84-7386-324-0
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
03/1985 (2nd)
09/1985 (3rd)
475
not priced
Domingo Santos
Garcés / Bosch
With a foreword by PJF.

Garcés / Bosch
Title
Publisher
Series+no.
Bookno.
Format
Dates
Pages
Price
Translation
Cover art
Notes
Spanish: El oscuro designio
Barcelona: Ultramar
Grandes Éxitos Bolsillo (Ciencia Ficción) B-60
ISBN 84-7386-324-0
paperback (17,5×11,5cm)
12/1987 (4th)
475
not priced
Domingo Santos
Garcés / Bosch
With a foreword by PJF.

Garcés / Bosch
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