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Title: Thin Edge Title Record # 55426
Author: Randall Garrett
Date: 1963-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: English
Synopsis: Earth's government wants the asteroid belt miners to share their monofilament technology. One man travels to Earth to explain why they want to keep the secret.
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Year Title
1963 Thin Edge [as by Jonathan Blake MacKenzie]
1963 Thin Edge [as by Johnathan Blake MacKenzie]
1963 Thin Edge [as by Jonathan Blake Mac Kenzie]
2010 Thin Edge [as by Johnathan Blake Mac Kenzie]

Awards

Place Year and Award Category
Nominations Below Cutoff 1964 Hugo Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, December 1963 1963-12-00 ed. John W. Campbell Condé Nast  
$0.50?$: US dollar
100
bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
mag John Schoenherr Checkmark
Analog 3 1965-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Doubleday  
$4.50?$: US dollar
xiv+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Lawrence Ratzkin Checkmark
Analog 3 1966-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Dennis Dobson (Dobson Science Fiction)  
21/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
xiv+
269
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Richard Weaver (artist) Checkmark
Analog 3 1968-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Panther 025952
5/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
219
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.
anth Checkmark
A World by the Tale 1970-00-00 ed. John W. Campbell Curtis Books 07060
$0.75?$: US dollar
191
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.
anth Checkmark
Analog: The Best of Science Fiction 1985-07-00 ed. uncredited Galahad Books 0-88365-637-X
$12.95?$: US dollar
621
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
anth Checkmark
Thin Edge 2010-01-06 Johnathan Blake Mac Kenzie Project Gutenberg 30869    
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
chap Checkmark
The Second Science Fiction Megapack: 25 Modern and Classic Tales by Masters 2011-08-03 ed. John Gregory Betancourt Wildside Press (Megapack) 978-1-4344-3781-5
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
anth Catmando Checkmark
The Second Randall Garrett Megapack 2013-04-06 Randall Garrett Wildside Press 978-1-4344-4675-6
$0.99?$: US dollar
 
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.
omni Checkmark
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