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Publication: Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories

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  • Publication: Bears Discover Fire and Other StoriesPublication Record # 3800
  • Author: Terry Bisson
  • Date: 1993-11-00
  • ISBN: 0-312-85411-0 [978-0-312-85411-9]
  • Publisher: Tor
  • Price:
    $19.95?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 254
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: COLLECTION
  • Cover: Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories by Nicholas Jainschigg [as by Nick Jainschigg]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes:
    • "First Edition: November 1993" stated on the copyright page with a complete number line: "0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1".
    • The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1993), the ISBN (0-312-85411-0), and the LCCN 93-26550.
    • "Edited by David G. Hartwell" (over) "Design by Lynn Newmark" stated on the copyright page.
    • "Jacket art by Nick Jainschigg" (over) "Jacket design by Joe Curcio" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Page 221 features a blank space 2cm high by full page width. Page 223 features 2 such spaces. It is clear from the text of the story ("The Shadow Knows") that something should be printed in all 3 spaces.
    • According to Locus1, there are two first edition states. The first printing omits small drawings that accompany "The Shadow Knows." [Copy verified by MHHutchins contains no drawings.]
    • This first state dustjacket has no white asterisk adjacent to the barcode box on the rear cover. (Apparently, the second state dustjacket has such a feature.)
    • Cover and spines of both the dustjacket and the book give the title as Bears Discover Fire.
    • Other price: Canada $27.95
  • External IDs:
Cover art supplied by ISFDB on this Web page
Collection Title: Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories • collection by Terry Bisson

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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Scott Latham 2007-03-16 20:28:36 Permanent 2015-06-21
Mhhutchins 2011-02-16 11:22:43 Permanent 2023-11-18
Teallach 2022-02-05 08:52:26 Permanent 2024-04-19

Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years Not Verified    
Bleiler Supernatural Not Verified    
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) Not Verified    
Bleiler78 Not Verified    
Clute/Grant Not Verified    
Clute/Nicholls Not Verified    
Contento1 (anth/coll) Not Verified    
Currey N/A Teallach 2022-02-05 08:52:49
Locus1 Verified Scott Latham 2007-03-16 20:28:36
Miller/Contento Not Verified    
OCLC/Worldcat Not Verified    
Reginald1 Not Verified    
Reginald3 Not Verified    
Tuck N/A Teallach 2022-02-05 08:52:49
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