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Publication: Silence Is Deadly

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  • Publication: Silence Is DeadlyPublication Record # 30456
  • Author: Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
  • Date: 1978-02-00
  • Catalog ID: 2165
  • Publisher: Doubleday / SFBC
  • Price:
    $1.98?$: US dollar
  • Pages: [viii]+184
  • Format:
    hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
  • Type: NOVEL
  • Cover: Silence Is Deadly (1977) • by Emanuel Schongut
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for February 1978.
    • No printed price or stated date of publication. Both given here are taken from the SFBC announcement flyer.
    • "2165" printed at the bottom of the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Gutter code "I03" on page 183 indicates a printing in January 1978.
    • "Jacket illustration by Emanuel Schongut" (over) "Jacket typography by Judith Turner" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • "An entirely different version of Silence Is Deadly appeared as a short story in the October 1957 issue of If Worlds of Science Fiction. Copyright 1957 by Quinn Publishing Co." stated on the copyright page.
    • "Map of Storoz by Pamela Whitlark" (over) "Illustrations by Steven Carpenter" stated on a page following the copyright page.
    • The eight unnumbered pages have been added to this record in order to place the map.
    • OCLC does not list this edition.
    Hardback with tan paper over boards, lettered in black on the spine.
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