Keith Laumer “Greylorn” Vintage Paperback 1968

📖 Greylorn by Keith Laumer (1968, Berkley Medallion) is a collection of four science-fiction novellas, led by the title story and including “The Night of the Trolls,” “The Other Sky,” and “The King of the City.” This copy is the first printing (February 1968), catalog number X1514, in Very Good condition.

QUICK FACTS

• Author: Keith Laumer (1925-1993), American science-fiction author
• Publisher: Berkley Medallion Books (Berkley Publishing Corporation), New York
• Year: 1968 — Berkley Medallion Edition, first printing (February 1968)
• Format: Vintage mass-market paperback
• Catalog: X1514; original cover price 60¢
• Contents: 4 novellas — Greylorn, The Night of the Trolls, The Other Sky, The King of the City
• Condition: Very Good (VG) — full report below

THE STORY

The title novella follows a lone starship carrying humanity’s last hope as the “Red Tide” engulfs Earth, racing to reach Omega, a long-vanished colony planet. After four years in space the ship’s food stores are destroyed in a meteor crash, the crew edges toward mutiny, and a threatening alien ship appears bearing a strange cargo of human bodies. It is classic Laumer — hard science fiction built on survival, tension, and planetary mystery. The same taut, inventive energy runs through the three companion novellas.

CONTENTS (verified from the copyright page)

• Greylorn — p. 7
• The Night of the Trolls — p. 58 (copyright 1963)
• The Other Sky — p. 109 (copyright 1964)
• The King of the City — p. 166 (copyright 1961)

THIS EDITION

First printing of the Berkley Medallion edition, published February 1968 in New York. The copyright page confirms the edition and the original magazine credits for the three earlier novellas, which first appeared in science-fiction magazines between 1961 and 1964 before being collected here.

COVER ART

The front cover is a dark, painterly, abstract space scene: an interwoven alien-mechanical structure suspended in a starry void, with a small, insectoid figure with glowing red eyes caught in the web of machinery. Deep blues, grays, and blacks carry white energy lines and an orange-splash accent, with the author’s name in muted coral above the bold GREYLORN title. The cover line promotes Laumer as “the author of GALACTIC ODYSSEY.”

WHY IT MATTERS

• A single volume collecting four Laumer novellas, including the sought-after title story
• Established-format Berkley Medallion first printing of the classic paperback era
• A cornerstone for collectors of 1960s science-fiction paperbacks and Keith Laumer completists

FREQUENTLY ASKED

What edition is this? The first printing (February 1968) of the Berkley Medallion edition, catalog X1514.

What condition is it in? Very Good — clean covers, square spine, tight binding. Full report below.

Is this a signed copy? No signature found; pages are clean.

FOR COLLECTORS

Comes with the original 60¢ cover price intact and a verified contents list from the copyright page. A tidy, collectible copy of a title that rounds out Laumer’s 1960s output.

Book Details

• Author: Keith Laumer
• Illustrator: Uncredited
• Publisher: Berkley Medallion Books
• Binding: Paperback (Standard mass-market paperback)
• Edition Points: Berkley Medallion Edition, First Printing (February 1968). Catalog number X1514 with original 60¢ cover price.

Condition Report

• Overall Grade: Very Good (VG)
• Cover & Spine: Clean, high-gloss covers with minor rubbing to extremities. Spine is square, with a hint of some very minimal reading use, not cracked or rolled. There is a horizontal crease across the spine at just above the mid-point, visible on front and back if held to the light at the right angle.
• Dust Jacket: N/A
• Text Block & Pages: Uniform off-white/cream pages, free of markings. Tinted text block edges show some light surface wear in a few places.
• Binding: Tight and secure. No loose, torn or folded pages.

See accompanying images for full condition details.

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