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Publication: A Talent for War

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  • Publication: A Talent for WarPublication Record # 1245
  • Author: Jack McDevitt
  • Date: 1989-02-00
  • ISBN: 0-441-79553-6 [978-0-441-79553-6]
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price:
    $3.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 310
  • 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
  • Cover: A Talent for War by Darrell K. Sweet [as by Darrell Sweet]
  • Notes:
    • "Ace edition / February 1989"
    • First printing by number line 10—1
    • Cover art credited to Sweet on copyright page, cover signed DKS
    • Copyright 1989 by Jack McDevitt.
    • 'Portions of chapter 15 appeared in the March 1988 issue of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine under the title Sunrise.'
    • 'Portions of chapters 9, 22, 23 and 24 are adapted from Dutchman, which appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1987.'
    • LCCN from LoC catalog lookup.
    • $5.25 in Canada.
  • External IDs:
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