Title: Defence Mechanism
Title Record # 67226
Author: Vincent King
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Current Tags: hard sf (1), far future (1), decayed metropolis (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags
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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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| 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 |  |
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| 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 | |