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Publication: The Practice Effect

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  • Publication: The Practice EffectPublication Record # 45525
  • Author: David Brin
  • Date: 1984-10-00
  • Catalog ID: 6213
  • Publisher: Bantam Books / SFBC
  • Price:
    $3.98?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 249
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: The Practice Effect by Jill Bauman
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • First hardcover edition (not stated).
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for October 1984.
    • No printed price. Price for this record is taken from Locus1.
    • No stated date of publication. The date for this record is taken from the list provided by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup. Locus1 gives the month as November.
    • "6213" printed in a white box at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket.
    • First printing has gutter code "O37" [verified] on page 248, indicates a printing in September 1984.
    • "Jacket painting by Jill Bauman" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket, the artwork is also signed.
    • First printing has dark blue boards with brown lettering
  • External IDs:
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Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2013-04-06 10:46:22
Clute/Grant N/A Bluesman 2013-04-06 10:46:22
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Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Bluesman 2009-03-14 17:26:59
Currey N/A Bluesman 2009-03-14 17:26:59
Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2009-03-14 17:26:59
Miller/Contento N/A Bluesman 2009-03-14 17:26:59
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2013-04-06 10:46:22
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2013-04-06 10:46:22
Reginald3 N/A Bluesman 2013-04-06 10:46:22
Tuck N/A Bluesman 2013-04-06 10:46:22
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