Publication History
Gardner reveals that his publisher originally rejected the title Icebreaker, only to come back to it after rejecting "turkey after turkey" in terms of alternate titles.
Icebreaker was released in Finland under a title Tehtävä Suomessa, James Bond (Mission in Finland, James Bond), as part of the book takes place in Finland.
- UK first hardback edition: July 7, 1983 Jonathan Cape
- U.S. first hardback edition: April 1983 Putnam
- UK first paperback edition: 1984 Coronet Books
- U.S. first paperback edition: May 1984 Berkley Books
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