A short photographic history of a novel

[rolanni]

From left to right:
Agent of Change (as by Steve Miller and Sharon Lee), February 1988, artist Stephen Hickman, Del Rey Books mass market original

Agent of Change (as by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller), November 2002, artist Michael Herring, Ace Books mass market reprint of Meisha Merlin edition*

Agent of Change 30th Anniversary Edition,(as by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller), November 2018, artist Sam Kennedy, Baen Books mass market

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*Many readers were introduced to the Liaden Universe® via the Meisha Merlin omnibus Partners in Necessity, which reprinted the first three novels, Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, and Carpe Diem.  Publication date February 2000, Artist Michael Herring,

Comments

[reedrover]

The QP version of the Partners in Necessity omnibus is one of the most-often-loaned books in our library. Usually friends get about 2/3 of the way through and go out and buy their own paperbacks.

[martianmooncrab]

I loves me some Space Turtles!

way back when

[(Anonymous)]

I have the copy on the left. My intro to the Liaden Universe a long time ago.

What I have always liked

[ireneha]

is that your books are as by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller. Never as some single guys name (for space opera) like Steve Lee or Shawn Leemill.

I, at Sharon's suggestion, started reading with Fledgling. This would have been my entry point to a universe that was already about ten books long.

I then added Partners to my library.

[elbales]

I've always wondered why on earth the cover artist drew Shan that way for the omnibus. Dramatic lighting for no apparent reason!