Publication: The Man Underneath

Publication: The Man UnderneathPublication Record # 557534
Author: R. A. Lafferty
Date: 2016-01-28
ISBN: 978-1-61347-164-7 [1-61347-164-5]
Publisher: Centipede Press
Price:
$100.00^?$: US dollar
Pages: 351
Format:
hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
Type: COLLECTION
Cover: The Man Underneath by Jacob McMurray
Notes:
- Illustrated limitation page appearing on the last page before the back loose endpaper bears the statement "The edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. This is copy number" below which the number of the copy is printed (not handwritten) in a much larger font. This is followed by the signatures of John Pelan (the editor and author of the afterword), and Jacob McMurray (the cover artist/designer).
- "December 2015" stated on the copyright page, but publication was delayed and copies weren't shipped until the first week of February 2016. Source: Primary Verifier 1. Amazon gives the publication date as May 3, 2016 as of 2016-02-12, but was taking pre-orders on that date.
- The price is not stated in the book. Copies from the publisher came shrink-wrapped with a sticker on the back printing the barcoded ISBN and the price of $100.00. There was also a sticker printing the number of the copy. Amazon's listing as of 2016-02-12 gave the price as $100.00.
- "The Collected Short Fiction" (over) "Volume 3" (over) "Introduction by Bud Webster" (over) "Edited, with an afterword, by John Pelan" on the title page.
- "Cover artwork and design © 2015 by Jacob McMurray" stated on the copyright page.
- A full-page B&W photograph of the author appears on page [6] facing the introduction's title page. There is a half-page B&W photograph of the author on page 8.
- The double-spread title page, the contents page, the introduction, and the afterword are printed on differently colored pages.
- There is a place-keeping ribbon (blue satin) bound into the book. The book is fully clothbound.
- Statement from the publisher's February 2016 newsletter: "The three hundred signed copies are reserved for those that are purchasing the entire set. If you order and have received unsigned copies of the previous volumes, you will also received an unsigned copy of The Man Underneath. Signed or unsigned, they are the same price." Copies purchased directly from the publisher were priced at $45.00. (Source: The publisher's website and the Primary Verifier 1.)
- PV2 verification copy is missing the limitation page. Otherwise identical.
External IDs:
- OCLC/WorldCat: 923553439

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Collection Title: The Man Underneath • [The Collected Short Fiction (R. A. Lafferty) • 3] • collection by R. A. Lafferty

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

7 • Secret Crocodiles and Strange Doings (or Sometimes the Magic Really Works) • (2013) • essay by Bud Webster
25 • The Man Underneath • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
41 • Selenium Ghosts of the Eighteen Seventies • (1978) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
77 • Dream • (1962) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
85 • Boomer Flats • (1971) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
105 • The Hellaceous Rocket of Harry O'Donovan • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
121 • You Can't Go Back • (1981) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
141 • Thou Whited Wall • (1977) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
157 • The Effigy Histories • (1984) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
171 • The Wooly World of Barnaby Sheen • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1973) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
181 • McGonigal's Worm • (1960) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
191 • Inventions Bright and New • (1986) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
203 • Snuffles • [Habitable Worlds] • (1960) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
231 • What Big Tears the Dinosaur's • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1983) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
243 • The Last Astronomer • (1983) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
253 • Ifrit • (1982) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
267 • The Funny Face Murders • [Men Who Knew Everything] • (1980) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
303 • Calamities of the Last Pauper • (1982) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
319 • Nine Hundred Grandmothers • [Habitable Worlds] • (1966) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
333 • Through Other Eyes • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1960) • novelette by R. A. Lafferty
348 • The One That Almost Got Away... • essay by John Pelan

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Mhhutchins	2016-02-12 23:26:10	Permanent	2022-08-24
Willem H.	2016-04-17 14:12:13	Permanent	2022-09-05
Hifrommike65	2022-01-19 19:30:36	Permanent	2022-08-09

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Publication: The Man Underneath

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Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

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