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  • Publication: A Short, Sharp ShockPublication Record # 425087
  • Author: Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Date: 2000-00-00
  • ISBN: 0-553-57461-2 [978-0-553-57461-6]
  • Publisher: Bantam Spectra
  • Price:
    $6.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 180+[15]
  • 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: CHAPBOOK
  • Cover: A Short, Sharp Shock (1990) • by Arnie Fenner
  • Notes:
    • "Bantam edition / March 1996" is on title page, but the end of the book contains an excerpt from The Martians, publicizing the upcoming publishing of the Bantam Spectra mass market paperback in October 2000, so this printing likely dates to early 2000.
    • Second printing by number line : RAD 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2
    • "Cover art copyright © by Arnie Fenner" on copyright page, cover is not signed
    • Interior art, a small sketch repeated on each chapter's start page is not credited or signed
    • Unpaginated section at the end of the book includes an About the Author page followed by the short story Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars in its entirety as a preview excerpt of The Martians
    • $9.99 in Canada
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Chapbook Title: A Short, Sharp Shock • (1990) • chapbook by Kim Stanley Robinson

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