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Publication: The Thing

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  • Publication: The ThingPublication Record # 260360
  • Author: Alan Dean Foster
  • Date: 1982-02-00
  • ISBN: 0-553-20477-7 [978-0-553-20477-3]
  • Publisher: Bantam Books
  • Price:
    $2.75?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 196
  • Format:
    pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • "A Bantam Book / February 1982"
    • First printing, full number line 0987654321
    • Cover art is not credited, no visible signature
    • Cover states "Based on a screenplay by Bill Lancaster"
    • Title page states "Based on the story by John W. Campbell"
    • OCLC 15863634 lists as a TP for 1981
  • External IDs:
    • OCLC/WorldCat: 8154204
    • Reginald-3: 23364
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