‘Crossing Into Cambodia’, written by Moorcock in 1978, was the first Episode in the Third World War (of seven, to date), but until 2018 was the last in that series’ internal narrative chronology.
First appearance: Vingt Maisons Du Zodiaque
Paris: Denoël, 1979 (June 13th) mass-sized paperback;
title translates as “Twenty Houses Of The Zodiac”;
sub-titled “Anthologie Internationale Établie Et Présentée Par Maxim Jakubowski” (“International Anthology Established And Presented By Maxim Jakubowski”) on title page only;
edited by Jakubowski;
original price: unknown;
270 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 2-207-30279-2 (issued retrospectively);
cover artist: Stéphane Dumont.
First British edition, as Twenty Houses Of The Zodiac
sub-titled “An Anthology Of International Science Fiction” on title page only;
London: New English Library, 1979 (July) mass-sized paperback;
original price: £1·25;
237 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 450-04333-9;
cover artist: Tim White.
First collected appearance: My Experiences In The Third World War
Manchester: Savoy, 1980 (September 18th) trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
original price: £1·50;
156 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-86130-037-8;
cover artist: Michael Heslop;
illustrated by Jill Riches, R. Glyn Jones (as “R Glyn Joes” on title page), Mal Dean & Derek Twiss.
Other (collected) appearances:-
London: Harrap, 1984 (September 27th) hardcover (q.v.);
original price: £7·95;
207 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-245-54202-7;
cover artist: Mark Harrison;
illustrated by Michael Moorcock (uncredited);
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 173–188.
London: Millennium, 1993 (November 11th) hardcover and simultaneous trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
as “Earl Aubec” only, on cover & spine;
original prices: £14·99 (h/c), £10·99 (p/b);
xii + 591 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 1-85798-047-6 (h/c) & 1-85798-048-4 (p/b);
cover artist: Yoshitaka Amano;
illustrated by James Cawthorn (uncredited: title page);
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 431–446.
Shingletown, CA: Mark V. Ziesing, 1995 (February) simultaneous standard & limited-edition hardcovers (q.v.);
sub-titled “A Family History: 1925-2015” on title pages;
original prices: $25·00 (std.), $60·00 (“limited to 300 [plain black] slip-cased, signed and numbered copies”);
216 pages;
I.S.B.N.s: 0-929480-46-5 (std.) & 0-929480-47-3 (ltd.);
cover artist: Phil Hale;
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 195–216.
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;
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 224–239; see also The Very Best Of Michael Moorcock.
London: Gollancz, 2014 (October 23rd) trade-sized paperback (q.v.);
sub-titled “The Best Short Fiction of Michael Moorcock Volume 1” on title page;
edited by John Davey;
original price: £8·99;
xxii + 307 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-0-575-11505-7;
cover artist: Michael Heslop;
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 59–78.
Paris: Denoël, 2018 (September 6th) trade-sized paperback with dust-wrapper (q.v.);
title translates as Kabul And Other Reminiscences Of The Third World War;
translated by Jean-Luc Fromental;
original price: 23 €;
224 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-2-207-13924-0;
cover artist: Miles Hyman (also interior);
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’ (as ‘Incursion Au Cambodge’, illustrated by Hyman): pp. 167–192;
see also Souvenirs De La Troisième Guerre Mondiale
Other (anthologised) appearances:-
New York: Berkley, 1984 (November) trade-sized paperback;
edited by Michael Bishop;
original price: $8·95;
xiv + 498 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 0-425-07214-2;
cover artist: unknown;
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 244–258.
New York: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2007 (June) trade-sized paperback;
edited by Justin Taylor;
original price: $15·95;
xvi + 318 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-56025-959-6;
cover artist: Michael Fusco;
‘Crossing Into Cambodia’: pp. 254–271.
San Francisco: Tachyon, 2008 (March) trade-sized paperback;
edited by Anne & Jeff VanderMeer;
original price: $14·95;
xviii + 414 pages;
I.S.B.N.: 978-1-892391-55-1;
cover artist: Mike Libby;
‘Crossing Into Cambodia: A Story of The Third World War’ (as ‘Crossing Into Cambodia’ only, on contents page): pp. 63–80.
Foreign (i.e. non-English language) editions:-
Vingt Maisons Du Zodiaque/Twenty Houses Of The Zodiac as Zodiakens Tjugo Hus, Sweden (1979); Quasar 2, Germany (1980).
The Opium General as Der Opium-General, Germany (1988).
Lunching With The Antichrist as Déjeuners D’Affaires Avec L’Antéchrist, France (2003).
The New Weird as New Weird, Romania (2008); New Weird: Trochu Divná Fantastika, Czech Republic (2008).
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