Publication: Asimov's Mysteries

Publication: Asimov's MysteriesPublication Record # 204645
Author: Isaac Asimov
Date: 1977-07-00
ISBN: 0-449-23223-9 [978-0-449-23223-1]
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Price:
$1.50^?$: US dollar
Pages: 255
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: Asimov's Mysteries by Ann Dalton
Webpages: archive.org
Notes:
- 1st printing according to the number line, 10—1
- No stated date of publication. Date from copyright page of 2nd printing, and verified by Locus #203, August 1977.
- Front cover catalog #2-3223-9
- ISBN is on the spine and the copyright page.
- Cover art is credited on the back as "Sculpture by Ann Dalton".
- In addition to the listed introduction, the following pieces include forewords by Asimov: "What's in a Name?", "Pâté de Foie Gras", "The Dust of Death", "I'm in the Marsport Without Hilda", "Marooned Off Vesta", "Obituary", and "The Key"
- The following stories have afterwords: "The Singing Bell", "The Talking Stone", "A Loint of Paw", and "Star Light"
- The following stories have both forewords and afterwords: "The Dying Night" and "The Billiard Ball"
- The diacritical marks in the title "Pâté de Foie Gras" are used only in the Table of Contents, not on the title page of the story itself or its page header.
- "Fawcett World Library" printed on the back cover.
- Printed in the US
- OCLC has a record for the second printing, not the first

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Collection Title: Asimov's Mysteries • (1968) • collection by Isaac Asimov

Contents (view Concise Listing)

11 • Introduction (Asimov's Mysteries) • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • (1968) • essay by Isaac Asimov
15 • The Singing Bell • [Wendell Urth] • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov
33 • The Talking Stone • [Wendell Urth] • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov
54 • What's in a Name? • (1956) • short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of What's in a Name)
71 • The Dying Night • [Wendell Urth] • (1956) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
99 • Pâté de Foie Gras • (1956) • short story by Isaac Asimov
116 • The Dust of Death • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
129 • A Loint of Paw • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
131 • I'm in Marsport Without Hilda • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
146 • Marooned Off Vesta • [Brandon, Shea & Moore • 1] • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
163 • Anniversary • [Brandon, Shea & Moore • 2] • (1959) • short story by Isaac Asimov
180 • Obituary • (1959) • short story by Isaac Asimov
198 • Star Light • (1962) • short story by Isaac Asimov
203 • The Key • [Wendell Urth] • (1966) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
236 • The Billiard Ball • (1967) • novelette by Isaac Asimov

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Mhhutchins	2007-12-08 11:34:24	Permanent	2023-11-18
Dragoondelight	2010-01-27 07:11:06	Permanent	2010-09-05
Kpulliam	2012-06-10 15:25:03	Permanent	2021-01-03
Don Erikson	2012-09-22 13:48:05	Permanent	2020-03-29

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Not Verified
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	N/A	Dragoondelight	2010-01-27 07:11:06
Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2017-02-20 18:39:24
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Clute/Nicholls	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Contento1 (anth/coll)	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Currey	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
OCLC/Worldcat	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Reginald1	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2011-12-03 00:47:50
Tuck	N/A	Dragoondelight	2010-01-27 07:11:06

Publication: Asimov's Mysteries

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