Originally announced
with the title Ramstan.
David Pringle rated it one of the 100 Best Novels.
DEDICATION: "For my parents, George Farmer (1895-1950) and Lucile
Theodora Jackson (1899- ), who gave me love and the best of
care."
COVER TEXT:
This is the
story of Ramstan, captain of al-Buraq, a rare model
starship. It is capable of alaraf
drive: instantaneous travel between two points in space. Three of these
special ships were built to explore and make contact with the
many sentient races inhabiting the universe. Suddenly, one of the ships
mysteriously disappears. And then it is discovered that an
unidentifiable "creature" is marauding through the universe, totally
annihilating intelligent life on planet after planet. Ramstan, a
thoughtful and moral man, becomes a fascinated yet reluctant pawn in
the hands of the strange forces which arise to fight the deadly
destroyer. Ultimately, he is the one man who, in a fearful race against
time, can stop the destruction. But what price must he pay for becoming
the savior of intelligent-kind? The Unreasoning
Mask is Farmer at his best - fast-paced, complex, slightly
mystical, high-action adventure.
(Putnam)
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FIRST PUBLICATION
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons (Putnam)
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ISBN 0-399-12673-2
hardcover [no dustjacket] (22,5×14,5cm)
09/1981
293
$ 40.00
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Five hundred copies of the first edition have been specially bound and
boxed,
and have been numbered and signed by PJF. Black cloth boards
with
silver lettering on the spine. The slipcase is also covered with black
cloth.
Both Putnam editions were published simultaneously.
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FIRST PUBLICATION
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons (Putnam)
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ISBN 0-399-12673-2
hardcover (22,5×14,5cm)
09/1981
293
$ 12.95
credited to Artifact [= Val Lakey]
Black paper boards, black leatherette spine with silver
lettering on the
spine.
Both Putnam editions were published simultaneously.
Val Lakey
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New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons / SFBC
# 1868
no ISBN
hardcover (21,5×14,5cm)
02/1982
243
$ 6.98
credited to Artifact [= Val Lakey]
Book Club Edition, with date code M06 on page 242. Black paper boards
with
blue lettering on the spine.
Val Lakey
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-05551-5
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
01/1983 (1st)
260
$ 2.75
Val Lakey
The book wrongly states that "Portions of this book have appeared in Playboy Magazine".
This is not true.
Val Lakey
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New York, NY: Berkley Books
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-425-06590-1
paperback (17,5×10,5cm)
06/1983 (2nd)
260
$ 2.95
Val Lakey
The book wrongly states that "Portions of this book have appeared in Playboy Magazine".
This is not true.
Val Lakey
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New York, NY: The Overlook
Press
Overlook SF&F Classics
ISBN 978-1-58567-715-3
trade paperback (20,5×14cm)
02/2007
243
$ 13.95
Plainclothes Ltd.
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New York, NY: The Overlook
Press
Overlook SF&F Classics
ISBN 978-1-4683-0226-4
ebook
02/2007
(253)
$ 11.95
Plainclothes Ltd.
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New York, NY: Open Road Media
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
ISBN 978-1-5040-6712-6
ebook
06/2021
(254)
$ 12.05
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London: Granada
Science Fiction
ISBN 0-586-05647-5
paperback (18×11cm)
01/1983
301
£ 1.95
Tim Gill
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in The Maker of Universes | To Your Scattered
Bodies Go | The Unreasoning Mask
London: Gollancz
SF Gateway Omnibus
ISBN 978-0-575-11958-1
trade paperback (23,5×15,5cm)
08/2014
503
£ 20.00
(Thinkstock)
With an "Introduction from The Enclopedia of Science Fiction", by uncredited [= John Clute & David Pringle].
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French: Le masque
vide
Paris: Presses Pocket
Science-Fiction, No. 5250
ISBN 2-266-01917-1
paperback (17,5×11cm)
02/1987
353
not priced
Dominique Haas
Wojtek Siudmak
As original title is wrongly given: Un Reasoning Mask.
Wojtek Siudmak
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French: Le masque
vide
Paris: Presses Pocket
Science-Fiction, No. 5250
ISBN 2-266-04689-6
paperback (17,5×11cm)
02/1992
353
not priced
Dominique Haas
Wojtek Siudmak
The book has a second cover with the illustration full page, without text.
As original title is wrongly given: Un Reasoning Mask.
Wojtek Siudmak
GERMANY
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German: Die toten
Welten des Bolg
München: Knaur
Science Fiction, Band 5833
ISBN 3-426-05833-2
paperback (18×11,5cm)
04/1985
303
DM 9,80
Thomas Ziegler
Ashley Walker
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Ashley Walker
HUNGARY
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Hungarian: A
végzet álarca
Debrecen: LAP-ICS Könyvkiadó
Galaxis SF Könyvek 4
ISBN 963-434-340-6
paperback (18×12cm)
-/1998
340
not priced
Erdő Orsolya
Bera Károly
Farmer's name and the book title in silver embossed on the cover. With
an afterword, "Kötetünk
írójáról"
by Nemes István.
Bera Károly
ITALY
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Italian: Il
distruttore
Milan: Nord
Cosmo, Collana di Fantascienza 147
no ISBN
paperback (19,5×12,5cm)
07/1984
iii + 258
L 5.000
Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli
credited to Gene Mydlowski [actually: Val Lakey]
With an introduction by Sandro Pergameno.
The publisher later gave an ISBN to the book: ISBN 88-429-0150-4.
Val Lakey
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Italian: Il
distruttore
Milan: Nord
Tascabili fantascienza 14
no ISBN
paperback (18,5×11,5cm)
10/1992
iii + 258
L 10.000
Giampaolo Cossato and Sandro Sandrelli
Alan Craddock
With an introduction by Sandro Pergameno. The publisher later gave an ISBN to the book: ISBN 88-429-0693-X.
Alan Craddock
JAPAN
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Japanese: 気まぐれな仮面
Kimagurena kamen
Tokyo: Hayakawa
ハヤカワ文庫・SF 645
ISBN 4-15-010645-2
paperback (16×11cm)
12/1985
401
¥ 500
Akiko Usagawa
Shun Kijima
With an afterword by Hideo Yonemura. Also a list of Farmer's original books, with their Japanese translations.
Shun Kijima
LITHUANIA
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Lithuanian: Nemąstanti
kaukė
Kaunas: Eridanas
Pasaulinės fantastikos aukso fondas (PFAF) #303
ISBN 9955-10-086-9
trade paperback (20×13cm)
-/2004
266
not priced
Anita Kapočiūtė
Vincent Di Fate
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Vincent Di Fate
RUSSIA
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Russian: Бессмысленная
маска Bessmyslennaya maska
in Миры Филипа
Фармера - T. 21
in Miry Filipa Farmera - T. 21
Riga & Moscow: Polaris
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hardcover [no dustjacket] (20,5×13,5cm)
11/1997
378
not priced
M. Avdonina
not credited [= Mark J. Ferrari]
Pictorial boards. With a foreword to the novel. This is not really an
omnibus, with only one novel, but it is part of an omnibus series.
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