Publication: Orbit 15

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Publication: Orbit 15Publication Record # 25109
Editor: Damon Knight
Date: 1974-10-00
ISBN: 0-06-012439-3 [978-0-06-012439-7]
Publisher: Harper & Row
Price:
$7.95^?$: US dollar
Pages: 207
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: ANTHOLOGY
Notes:
- "First Edition"
- The three essays in the book -- "They Say", "The Memory Machine" and "Arcs and Secants" -- are uncredited in the table of contents or in the text, but attributed to Damon Knight on the back flap of the dust jacket.
- The two Edward Wellen "stories" are not listed on the contents page.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 1060219
- Reginald-1: 08367

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Anthology Title: Orbit 15 • [Orbit • 15] • anthology by Damon Knight

Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • They Say (Orbit 15) • (1974) • essay by Damon Knight [as by uncredited]
4 • Flaming Ducks and Giant Bread • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1974) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
28 • Pale Hands • (1974) • short story by Doris Piserchia
41 • Why Booth Didn't Kill Lincoln • (1974) • short story by Edward Wellen
41 • If Eve Had Failed to Conceive • (1974) • short story by Edward Wellen
42 • Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang • (1974) • novella by Kate Wilhelm
93 • Melting • short story by Gene Wolfe
99 • In the Lilliputian Asylum: A Story in Eight Poems & an Interrogation • poem by Michael Bishop
117 • Ernie • (1974) • short story by Lowell Kent Smith
127 • The Memory Machine (Orbit 15) • (1974) • essay by Damon Knight [as by uncredited]
130 • Live? Our Computers Will Do That for Us • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
149 • Ace 167 • (1974) • short story by Eleanor Arnason
161 • Biting Down Hard on Truth • (1974) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
204 • Arcs & Secants (Orbit 15) • (1974) • essay by Damon Knight [as by uncredited]

Primary Verifications

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Ahasuerus	2007-05-27 15:52:24	Permanent	2022-09-07
Markwood	2013-11-29 19:06:23	Permanent	2022-09-03
Hifrommike65	2022-06-23 17:45:36	Permanent	2022-08-09

Secondary Verifications

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Bleiler78	N/A	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45
Clute/Grant	N/A	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Verified	Bluesman	2009-04-18 21:48:08
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Locus1	N/A	Bluesman	2009-04-18 21:48:08
Miller/Contento	N/A	Bluesman	2009-04-18 21:48:08
OCLC/Worldcat	Verified	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45
Reginald1	Verified	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45
Reginald3	N/A	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45
Tuck	N/A	Bluesman	2012-06-26 18:10:45

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