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Publication: The Starry Rift

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  • Publication: The Starry RiftPublication Record # 47863
  • Author: James Tiptree, Jr.
  • Date: 1986-10-00
  • Catalog ID: 10090
  • Publisher: Tor / SFBC
  • Price:
    $4.98?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 183
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: The Starry Rift (1986) • by Dave Archer
  • Notes:
    • First SFBC edition (not stated)
    • First SFBC printing has gutter code "Q39" [verified] on page 182, indicating a September '86 printing.
    • An October '86 selection of the SFBC
    • Price and date of publication from Locus1
    • Cover art is credited to Archer on the copyright page, as is the design by Carol Russo. Both credits are repeated on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Includes a fictional introduction ("In the Great Central Library of Deneb University", page 1) and afterword ("At the Library", page 182).
    • The titles of each of the three main stories are prefaced with "First Tale", "Second Tale", etc. on each of their title page.
  • External IDs:
Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page
Collection Title: The Starry Rift • [Rift] • (1986) • collection by James Tiptree, Jr.

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Clute/Grant N/A Bluesman 2011-04-28 21:02:09
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Currey N/A Bluesman 2009-07-19 12:59:36
Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2009-07-19 12:59:36
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2009-07-19 12:59:36
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2009-07-19 12:59:36
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2011-04-28 21:02:09
Reginald3 N/A Dirk P Broer 2011-04-30 04:30:28
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2009-07-19 12:59:36
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