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Titolo: Asimov's ROBOT CITY: Prego Aiuto - La Copia Dell' Autore Ha avuto bisogno di

My apologies for posting here in English. I do not speak or read
Italian (as the BabelFish translation in the Subject line may
demonstrate).
I'm the author of a number of SF novels, including the first book in
the original ISAAC ASIMOV'S ROBOT CITY series, ODYSSEY. An Italian
edition of this series was published sometime before 1993 by an
imprint called Interno Gallo; that imprint no longer exists, having
been aquired and then killed off by another Italian publisher,
Mondadori.
I've trying to locate a copy of this edition for my brag shelf. The
American packager for the series, Byron Preiss Visual Publications,
has been unable to help so far. In fact, I've never even seen a copy
of this edition.
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has a copy to sell or
trade, or;
who knows the Web address, e-mail address, fax number, or postal
address of a used-book store in Italy which might be able to help me
locate a copy, or;
who can consult their own copy to tell me the month/year of
publication and the translator's name, and would be willing to
photocopy the cover and title pages for me.
Thanks for any help you can offer.
Best wishes,
      K-Mac
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 the original ISAAC ASIMOV'S ROBOT CITY series, ODYSSEY. An Italian
Hello, 
I apologize for not being able to give you the book, but could I ask you
a question instead? :-)
A friend of mine would like to know how many novels 
have been published in the "Robot City" Series. 
I know only the four volumes published in Italy: 
1. "Odyssey"    Michael P. Kube-McDowell    Byron Preiss Book
2. "Suspicion"  Mike McQuay                 Byron Preiss Book
3. "Cyborg"     William F. Wu               Byron Preiss Book
4. "Prodigy"    Arthur Byron Cover          Byron Preiss Book
Only four or are they more?
Thanks!
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Michael Kube-McDowell (
K-...@worldnet.att.net
) wrote:
: the original ISAAC ASIMOV'S ROBOT CITY series, ODYSSEY. An Italian
: edition of this series was published sometime before 1993 by an
: imprint called Interno Gallo; that imprint no longer exists, having
                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   In case it may help: the correct name of the imprint is "Interno 
Giallo" (= "yellow interior", by the way).
Best wishes,
						Daniele A. Gewurz

 Only four or are they more?
  Ti rispondo io...
   I libri dovevano essere 6. Degli altri due non conosco pero' il titolo.
 
   Pare che esistesse una seconda serie analoga di 6, Robots in Time.
 
   Maurizio
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4. "Prodigy"    Arthur Byron Cover          Byron Preiss Book
There were two other books in the original ROBOT CITY arc. The outline
for all six was developed at the same time; I was offered the chance
to write all six, but I had other projects (ALTERNITIES, THE QUIET
POOLS) coming up, and opted only to write the first (and, to some
degree, to fill in and amplify the outline). The other two books were:
Isaac Asimov's Robot City, Book 5: Refuge	Robert Chilson
Isaac Asimov's Robot City, Book 6: Perihelion	William F. Wu
Like the others, the first editions were Ace SF paperbacks; both were
published in 1988.
Chilson and Wu were roommates at the time, so three of the last four
books came out of the same household.
Later, there was a second series, called ROBOT CITY: ROBOTS AND
ALIENS--also six books. I've never read them, so I don't know how they
(Byron Preiss and the authors)  connected the two arcs.
Best,
      K-Mac
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