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Author:	Paul Preuss
Title:	The Medusa Encounter
Publisher:	Avon
Country:	USA
Date:	Mar 1990
Format:	Paperback
Genre:	Fiction, Science Fiction
ISBN-10:	0380753480
Total Editions:	2
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Series: Arthur C. Clarke's Venus Prime: Volume 4.
280 numbered pages.
304 total pages.
Afterword by Arthur C. Clarke.
Includes 16 pages of Infopak Technical Blueprints, separately numbered.
Front cover painting by Jim Burns

complete bar code no. 0 71001 00395 6 75348

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ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		two near-identical variants both identified as first printings in the indicia: one bears the printing history number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 t'other reportedly bears none: the first with printing number line has the diagrams/plans section bound between pp. 122/123, t'other between pp. 155/156; these may be the near-identical canadian-carcassed and wholly merkin-printed variations, but this is currently uncertain.



ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		the hearst corporation avon books mmpb first printing(?s sharing merkin-printed covers?), first edition cover art by jim burns (signed, credited) cover price (canada $4.95) • u.s. $3.95 interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson (credited on back cover), also inside front cover 304pp. including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, 16pp. separately-numbered diagrams section on finer quality paper a byron preiss book - packaged for avon books by this book packager refer to indicia publishing history to see if carcass of copy held was canadian-or merkin-printed, and also to distinguish between possible further printings by progressive dropping of digits from printing number line; first printing line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1



ppint. 4th Nov 2024		("arthur c. clarke's") venus prime series #4: #1: "breaking strain" (1987), q.v. for series listing, and links. (this comment is from another edition of this book)



ppint. 3rd Nov 2024		pan macmillan pan p/b first printing, first uk edition cover art by david bergen (unsigned, credited) cover price £4.50, (? $ australia, $ new zealand ? check) (not for sale in canada) interior b+w diagrams, plans section by darrell anderson 304pp. (check) including titles, indicia etc, end pp: 3pp. nf afterword by arthur c. clarke, diagrams section first printing number line 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1; i have not seen a second printing, which would be indicated by dropping the "1" from the printing number line (and so, on. . .) month of publication not given; taken from locus originally packaged for avon books by byron preiss, inc. book packager (this comment is from another edition of this book)

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Paul Preuss - The Medusa Encounter - Pan - Paperback - UK - 033031727X (1991)