Publication: Vectors

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Publication: Vectors

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Publication: VectorsPublication Record # 53223
Author: Charles Sheffield
Date: 1979-12-00
ISBN: 0-441-86057-5 [978-0-441-86057-9]
Publisher: Ace Books
Price:
$2.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: [8]+432
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: COLLECTION
Cover: Vectors by Attila Hejja
Notes:
- "First Ace Printing: December 1979" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "2 4 6 8 0 9 7 5 3 1".
- "Cover art by Attila Heja" [sic] stated on the copyright page, but the cover is signed Hejja.
- The introduction appears on the seventh of 8 unnumbered pages appearing before the first numbered page.
- Each story is followed by an afterword by Sheffield.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 6413875

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Collection Title: Vectors • collection by Charles Sheffield

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • What Song the Sirens Sang • (1977) • short story by Charles Sheffield
[7] • Introduction (Vectors) • essay by Charles Sheffield
18 • Fixed Price War • [Merle Walters • 1] • (1978) • short story by Charles Sheffield
39 • Marconi, Mattin, Maxwell • [Burmeister and Carver • 1] • (1977) • short story by Charles Sheffield
59 • Power Failure • (1978) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
104 • Killing Vector • [McAndrew Chronicles • 1] • (1978) • short story by Charles Sheffield
130 • Dinsdale Dissents • [Burmeister and Carver • 4] • (1977) • short story by Charles Sheffield
147 • We Hold These Truths to Be Self-Evident • (1977) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
185 • Skystalk • (1979) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
214 • How to Build a Beanstalk • (1979) • essay by Charles Sheffield
243 • Transition Team • (1978) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
273 • Bounded in a Nutshell • [Merle Walters • 2] • (1978) • short story by Charles Sheffield
303 • The Long Chance • (1977) • novelette by Charles Sheffield
334 • The Treasure of Odirex • [Erasmus Darwin] • (1978) • novella by Charles Sheffield
409 • The Dalmatian of Faust • [Burmeister and Carver • 6] • (1978) • short story by Charles Sheffield

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Ahasuerus	2007-11-02 21:29:34	Permanent	2022-09-04
Mhhutchins	2009-09-05 19:53:23	Permanent	2022-08-24
Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31	Permanent	2018-12-28
Willem H.	2010-04-03 10:42:55	Permanent	2022-09-04

Secondary Verifications

Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2011-05-01 20:48:41
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2011-05-01 20:48:41
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31
Reginald3	Not Verified
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2009-10-22 22:24:31

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