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Publication: The Secret of Life

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  • Publication: The Secret of LifePublication Record # 46735
  • Author: Rudy Rucker
  • Date: 1985-04-00
  • ISBN: 0-312-94398-9 [978-0-312-94398-1]
  • Publisher: Bluejay Books
  • Pub. Series: A Bluejay International Edition
  • Price:
    $14.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 246
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Secret of Life by Rick Berry [as by Richard Berry]
  • Notes:
    • "First Bluejay printing: April, 1985" stated on the copyright page without a number line.
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1985), the ISBN (0-312-94398-9), and the LCCN: 85-2836.
    • "A Bluejay International Edition" on the title page and a blurb on the rear flap explains such as particular editions published on four continents
    • PV3 copy from the UK and has a Titan Books sticker over the US price with £12.95
    • "Jacket art by Richard Berry" (over) "Text design by Terry McCabe" stated on the copyright page.
    • "Jacket art by Richard Berry" (over) "Jacket design by Gregory K. Wilkin" printed at the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • The artwork has RRB ©85
    • Code "5/85" on the back flap of the dustjacket would indicate a printing date of May 1985.
    • Locus1 gives the publication date as June 1985.
  • External IDs:
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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Mhhutchins 2007-05-03 18:44:35 Permanent 2022-08-24
Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37 Permanent 2022-09-04
Bluesman 2014-12-04 19:25:17 Permanent 2018-12-28
Don Erikson 2018-02-22 16:44:32 Permanent 2020-03-29

Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years Not Verified    
Bleiler Supernatural Not Verified    
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Bluesman 2014-12-04 19:25:17
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2014-12-04 19:25:17
Clute/Grant N/A Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Clute/Nicholls Verified Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Currey N/A Bluesman 2014-12-04 19:25:17
Locus1 Verified Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2014-12-04 19:25:17
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Reginald1 N/A Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Reginald3 Verified Dirk P Broer 2013-06-02 05:26:37
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2014-12-04 19:25:17
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