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  • Publication: Ciphers: A Post-Shannon Rock-n-Roll MysteryPublication Record # 194305
  • Author: Paul Di Filippo
  • Date: 1997-07-00
  • ISBN: 1-882633-30-X [978-1-882633-30-2]
  • Publisher: Cambrian Publications & Permeable Press
  • Price:
    $16.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 533
  • Format:
    tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Ciphers: A Post-Shannon Rock-n-Roll Mystery by
    Rostislav Košťál?Rostislav Kostal
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • "First Edition" and "A joint publication of Cambrian Publications and Permeable Press" stated on the copyright page.
    • "Front cover, spine, and page 497 photographs by Rotislav Košťál [sic]" (over) "Book design by Brian Clark & Andy Watson" stated on the copyright page. The spelling of the cover credit has been corrected for this record.
    • Publishers are not credited on the title page, but on the copyright page. The logos of each are on the spine of the book.
    • The subtitle is used on both the front cover and the title page. The title page also adds "Composed partially by Sampling, Splicing, Channeling and Reverse Transcription".
    • The ISBNs of this edition and the cloth edition (1-878914-02-2) are stated on the copyright page.
    • LCCN 95-075546 stated on the copyright page.
    • No stated publication date. Date for this record from Locus1 and corroborated by the listing on Amazon.
    • The text of the novel ends on page 496, with a full page photograph on page 497.
    • "Doctor Wu's Portable Decryption of Ciphers" (pages 499 - 533) is an annotated list of definitions and sources (for the song lyrics), ordered by chapter and their appearance in the novel.
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