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Publication: The Long Afternoon of Earth

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  • Publication: The Long Afternoon of EarthPublication Record # 193773
  • Author: Brian Aldiss
  • Date: date unknown
  • ISBN: 0-451-08575-2 [978-0-451-08575-7]
  • Publisher: Signet
  • Price:
    $1.75?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 192
  • 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: NOVEL
  • Notes:
    • Stated First Printing, January 1962 / 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12. There is no advertising or other matter that could be used to help date the publication.
    • The catalog # is Signet 451-E8575-$1.75 on the front cover and the spine has E-8575 at the top plus the ISBN 0-451-08575-2 175 at the bottom. There is no bar code. This dates the publication to the mid to late 1970s because in the early 1970s Signet would have used 451-E8575-175 at the bottom of the spine and after ~1980 they would have a barcode on the back.
    • The copyright page states “This novel was published in slightly different form, in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in installments entitled Hothouse, Nomansland, Undergrowth, Timberline and Evergreen. Copyright © 1960,1961, by Mercury Press, Inc.” Within the body of the publication there's little evidence of the fixup. The story is divided into three parts and overall has XXVI (26) chapters with part 1 starting on chapter I (1 on page 5) part 2 starting on chapter XI (11 on page 68) and part 3 starting on chaper XX (20 on page 135). As a result, this ISFDB record links to the contained stories without page numbers.
    • The cover artist is not credited nor is a signature visible.
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