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Publication: The Magic Goes Away

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  • Publication: The Magic Goes AwayPublication Record # 273290
  • Author: Larry Niven
  • Date: 1979-11-00
  • ISBN: 0-441-51546-0 [978-0-441-51546-2]
  • Publisher: Ace Books
  • Price:
    $2.25?$: US dollar
  • Pages: [6]+212+[6]
  • 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: The Magic Goes Away (1978) • by Boris Vallejo
  • Notes: • "First mass market printing: October 1979" on copyright page. • Second printing by number line 246809753. • Third Printing identified the date of the second printing as November 1979. • "Cover art by Boris" on copyright page • Front cover art signed "Boris" in the bottom right corner. This is cropped on some copies • The interior illustrations (79) are credited to Esteban Maroto on the copyright page and back cover. • The illustration on page 1 is signed "Esteban Maroto" • Page count determined manually... The last numbered page is 210, but the essay continues on what would have been pages 211 & 212. Then there is a bibliography/biography page, unnumbered, and followed by five more unnumbered pages of illustrations. • Interior artwork is also present on some of the 6 unnumbered pages at the start of the book and the front and rear inside covers • A rough page count of the text comes to around 115 pages
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Chapbook Title: The Magic Goes Away • (1978) • chapbook by Larry Niven

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