‘Behold The Man’

The time-travelling Karl Glogauer first featured in ‘Behold The Man’, a Nebula Award-winning novella which (in 1969) was expanded to novel length (q.v.).

First appearance: New Worlds Vol. 50 No. 166
London: Roberts & Vintner, 1966 (September) mass-sized paperback;
“Compact” on cover & spine;
edited by Michael Moorcock;
price: 3/6;
160 pages;
cover artist: Keith Roberts.

**‘Behold The Man’** **(illustrated by Jim Cawthorn)**: pp. 4–58.

First anthologised appearance: World’s Best Science Fiction: 1967
New York: Ace, 1967 mass-sized paperback;
edited by Donald A. Wollheim & Terry Carr;
original price: 75¢;
285 pages;
I.S.B.N.: none (code: A-10);
cover artist: Jack Gaughan.

**as ***World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series***;**
Ace, 1970 p/b;
price: **95¢**;
I.S.B.N.: **none (code: 91355)**;
cover artist: Jack **Gaughan.**

**abridged,** **as ***Science-Fiction-Stories 31***;**
Ullstein, 1973 (December) p/b;
price: **DM 2·80**;
I.S.B.N.: **3-548-03006-8**;
cover artist: **Frank Kelly Freas;**
**‘Behold The Man’**: pp. 5–60.

First collected appearance: Moorcock’s Book Of Martyrs
London: Orbit (Quartet), 1976 (June 25th) mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
original price: 65p;
175 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-704-31265-4;
cover artist: Chris Achillléos.

as Dying For Tomorrow
New York: DAW Books, 1978 (March) mass-sized paperback (q.v.);
original price: $1·50;
192 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-87997-366-8;
cover artist: Michael Whelan.

Other (anthologised) appearances:-

***Nebula Award Stories 3***
**London: Gollancz, 1968 (December) hardcover;**
edited by Roger Zelazny;
original price: **30/-**;
256 pages;
I.S.B.N.: **0-575-00163-1**;
**cover artist: none;**
**‘Behold The Man’**: **pp. 117–181 (preceded by editors’ note).**

**abridged,** **as ***Eispiloten***;**
Lichtenberg, 1971 trade-p/b;
price: **DM 11·00**;
I.S.B.N.: **3-7852-2011-1**;
cover artist: **E. & W. Baum;**
**‘Behold The Man’**: pp. 61–124.

***The New Awareness***
**New York: Delacorte, 1975 (May) hardcover;**
edited by Patricia Warrick & Martin Harry Greenberg;
original price: **$9·95**;
*xiv* + 485 pages;
I.S.B.N.: **0-440-05989-5**;
**cover artist: Susan Gebel;**
**‘Behold The Man’**: pp. 50–121 (preceded by editors’ essay).

***The Science Fiction Hall Of Fame Volume Four***
**London: Gollancz, 1981 (November) hardcover;**
edited by Arthur C. Clarke;
original price: **£8·95**;
xi + 672 pages;
I.S.B.N.: **0-575-02989-7**;
**cover artist: none;**
**‘Behold The Man’**: pp. **352–405.**

***A Cross Of Centuries: Twenty-five Imaginative Tales About The Christ***
**New York: Thunder’s Mouth, 2007 (April) trade-paperback;**
edited by Michael Bishop;
original price: **$16·95**;
*xix* + 411 pages;
I.S.B.N.: **1-56025-926-4;**
**cover artist: Justine Ives;**
**‘Behold The Man’**: pp. 47–109 (followed by “Author’s Commentary” [pp. 110/111]).

Other (collected) appearances:-

*Behold The Man: The Thirtieth Anniversary Edtiton*;
**Austin, Texas: Mojo Press, 1996 (June) hardcover (*q.v.*);**
original price: $12·95;
x + 129 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 1-885418-05-1;
cover artist: John Picacio (also interior);
foreword by Jonathan Carroll;
afterword by Moorcock.
N.B. The first (& only) standalone edition of the novella, and “the first [& only] **version to feature the author’s corrections”**
(see also graphic adaption [*q.v.*]).

**The Best Of Michael Moorcock**;
**San Francisco: Tachyon, 2009 (May 15th) trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);**
**edited by John Davey with Ann & Jeff VanderMeer;**
original price: $14·95;
403 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-892391-86-5;
cover artist: Ann Monn;
**interior design: John Coulthart;**
introduction (+ notes) by John Davey;
afterword by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer;
**‘Behold The Man’: pp. 89–137**; see also *The Very Best Of Michael Moorcock*.

***Breakfast In The Ruins And Other Stories***
London: Gollancz, 2014 (December 26th) trade-sized paperback (*q.v.*);
sub-titled “The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 3” on title page;
edited by John Davey;
original price: £9·99;
*xxii* + 325 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-575-11553-8;
cover artist: Stanislaw Fernandes;
**‘Behold The Man’**: pp. 103–187.

(Click here for Graphic Adaptation)

Other foreign (i.e. non-English language) editions:-

Moorcock’s Book Of Martyrs/Dying For Tomorrow as El Libro De Los Mártires, Spain (1980); Der Eroberer, Germany (1987).

Also in Le Livre D’Or De La Science-Fiction: Michael Moorcock, France (1981) a.k.a. Le Cavalier Chaos (1990); Histoires Divines, France (1983); Die Sechziger Jahre II, Germany (1984); Nova Science Fiction – 2 1985, Sweden (1985); Visionen Von Morgen, Germany (1985); Не Только Мертвые, Kazakstan (1992); Миры/Worlds, Russia (1993); Almanah Anticipația 1995, Romania (1994); Polarisova SF Antologija ’95, Serbia (1995); Корабль Призраков, Belarus (2016).