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Title: Defence Mechanism Title Record # 67226
Author: Vincent King
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: In the distant future, in the ruins of the megacity which once held billions, the few thousand humans surviving revert to clan warfare, while also defending against the descendants of survivors of crashed alien space vessels.
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Translations
Year Language Title
1973Translated by Bruno Martin
French
Réflexe de défense?Reflexe de defense
1976Translated by Warner Flamen
Dutch Verdedigingsmechanisme

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
New Writings in S-F 9 1966-00-00 ed. John Carnell Dennis Dobson  
16/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
187
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth  
New Writings in S.F.—9 1967-00-00 ed. John Carnell Corgi Books / Transworld Publishers GS7650
3/6?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
187
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.
anth Checkmark
New Writings in SF 7 1971-08-00 ed. John Carnell Bantam Books S5998
$0.75?$: US dollar
vii+
168
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.
anth David McCall Johnston Checkmark
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