Title: The Pen and the Dark

Title: The Pen and the Dark Title Record # 67237
Author: Colin Kapp
Date: 1966-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Series: Unorthodox Engineers
Language: English

Synopsis: The Unorthodox Engineers are called to an earthlike planet by the human residents to investigate an artifact left by aliens who briefly touched down; a columnar volume 25 kilometers across and 30 kilometers high in which all energy, electromagnetic or kinetic, appears to be rapidly absorbed and disappear.

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
New Writings in SF-8	1966-00-00	ed. John Carnell	Corgi	CS7564	3/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	188	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.	anth
New Writings in S-F 8	1966-00-00	ed. John Carnell	Dennis Dobson		16/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).	188	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
New Writings in SF 7	1971-08-00	ed. John Carnell	Bantam Books	S5998	$0.75^?$: US dollar	vii+ 168	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.	anth	David McCall Johnston
The Unorthodox Engineers	1979-11-00	Colin Kapp	Dennis Dobson	0-234-72072-7	£4.50^?£: UK pound	216	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Richard Weaver
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	2002-05-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	1-84119-375-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	xiii+ 498	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Pete Rozycki
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	2002-05-00	ed. Mike Ashley	Carroll & Graf	0-7867-1004-7	$11.95^?$: US dollar	xiii+ 498	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Pete Rozycki
The Cloudbuilders and Other Marvels	2013-06-24	Colin Kapp	Ramble House (John Pelan Presents Classics of SF and Fantasy #10)	978-1-60543-697-5	$20.00^?$: US dollar	306	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Gavin L. O'Keefe
The Cloudbuilders and Other Marvels	2013-07-01	Colin Kapp	Ramble House	978-1-60543-698-2	$35.00^?$: US dollar	314	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Gavin L. O'Keefe
The Mammoth Book of Science Fiction	date unknown	ed. Mike Ashley	Robinson	1-84119-375-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	xiii+ 498	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Pete Rozycki

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