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Title: The Specimen

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Title: The Specimen Title Record # 94318
Author: Tim Stout
Date: 1979-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Synopsis: A young boy is seized by an ancient alien ship hiding beneath the Earth's surface which periodically emerges to sample the dominant life forms, and meets the being who controls the ship.
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Publications

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Space 5 1979-00-00 ed. Richard Davis Hutchinson 0-09-136280-6
£3.95?£: UK pound
159
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth David Hardy Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories 1988-10-00 ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher 0-86272-322-1
£6.95?£: UK pound
253
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Graham Potts Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories 1991-07-00 ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher 0-86272-803-7
£3.95?£: UK pound
253
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  
Science Fiction Stories 1993-03-00 ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher (US) (Story Library) 1-85697-889-3
$6.95?$: US dollar
254
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories 1997-04-00 ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher 0-86272-803-7
£5.99?£: UK pound
253
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 Angus McKie  
Out of This World: Science Fiction Stories 2008-09-00 ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher 978-0-7534-1633-4
£6.99?£: UK pound
271
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 Blacksheep Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher 0-86272-803-7
£3.99?£: UK pound
253
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 Angus McKie  
Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher (US) 1-85697-889-3
$6.95?$: US dollar
253
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 Angus McKie Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher (US) 0-7534-5677-X
$6.95?$: US dollar
253
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 Paul Young Checkmark
Science Fiction Stories date unknown ed. Edward Blishen Kingfisher (Story Library) 0-86272-803-7
£3.99?£: UK pound
253
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 Graham Potts  
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