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Publication: The Peace Machine

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  • Publication: The Peace MachinePublication Record # 45163
  • Author: Bob Shaw
  • Date: 1987-01-00
  • ISBN: 0-586-06991-7 [978-0-586-06991-2]
  • Publisher: Grafton
  • Price:
    £2.50?£: UK pound
  • Pages: 187
  • 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
  • Cover: The Peace Machine (1987) • by Tim White
  • Notes:
    • The copyright page states "First published in Great Britain by Transworld Publishers Ltd. 1976 as Ground Zero Man. This revised edition first published by Victor Gollanz Ltd. 1985."
    • "Front cover illustration by Tim White" on back cover; no visible signature
    • A scan of Ground Zero Man (GZM) and The Peace Machine (TPM) finds that Chapter 17 of GZM is not included in TPM. Ground Zero Man has 18 chapters plus an epilogue and The Peace Machine has 17 chapters plus the epilogue.
    • A specific reference to “John and Yoko” in Chapter 3 of Ground Zero Man has been changed to “Some pop singer” in The Peace Machine, possibly because John Lennon was assassinated by the time The Peace Machine was published.
    • The Peace Machine is set in 1988 rather than 1978, and several dates and timespans have been changed accordingly.
    • Perhaps due to inflation, several things are more expensive, and Lucas Hutchman carries around more cash, in The Peace Machine.
    • On page 18 of TPM is a typo "You're fired six dozen arrows..." and in the GZM it's "You've fired six dozen arrows..."
    • New Zealand $11.95 RRP INC. GST, Australia $8.95 (recommended).
    • Month from Locus1
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Stonecreek 2011-09-05 16:42:56 Permanent 2022-09-05
Dirk P Broer 2012-04-07 10:40:12 Permanent 2022-09-06
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Bleiler1 (Gernsback) N/A Ahasuerus 2007-02-08 13:48:55
Bleiler78 N/A Bluesman 2010-04-13 13:58:30
Clute/Grant N/A Ahasuerus 2007-02-08 13:48:55
Clute/Nicholls N/A Dirk P Broer 2012-04-07 10:40:12
Contento1 (anth/coll) N/A Ahasuerus 2007-02-08 13:48:55
Currey N/A Bluesman 2010-04-13 13:58:30
Locus1 Verified Bluesman 2010-04-13 13:58:30
Miller/Contento N/A Ahasuerus 2007-02-08 13:48:55
OCLC/Worldcat Verified Bluesman 2010-04-13 13:58:30
Reginald1 N/A Bluesman 2010-04-13 13:58:30
Reginald3 N/A Bluesman 2013-01-11 20:43:33
Tuck N/A Ahasuerus 2007-02-08 13:48:55
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