Ciphers: A Post-Shannon Rock-n-Roll Mystery

Overview:

• Title: Ciphers: A Post-Shannon Rock-n-Roll Mystery
• Author: Paul Di Filippo
• Year: 1997
• ISBN-10: 188263330X
• Publisher: Cambrian Publications & Permeable Press
• Price: $16.95
• Pages: 533
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Type: Novel
• Title Reference: Ciphers: A Post-Shannon Rock-n-Roll Mystery
• Notes:
  • "First Edition" and "A joint publication of Cambrian Publications and Permeable Press" stated on the copyright page.
  • "Front cover, spine, and page 497 photographs by Rotislav Košťál [sic]" (over) "Book design by Brian Clark & Andy Watson" stated on the copyright page. The spelling of the cover credit has been corrected for this record.
  • Publishers are not credited on the title page, but on the copyright page. The logos of each are on the spine of the book.
  • The subtitle is used on both the front cover and the title page. The title page also adds "Composed partially by Sampling, Splicing, Channeling and Reverse Transcription".
  • The ISBNs of this edition and the cloth edition (1-878914-02-2) are stated on the copyright page.
  • LCCN 95-075546 stated on the copyright page.
  • No stated publication date. Date for this record from Locus1 and corroborated by the listing on Amazon.
  • The text of the novel ends on page 496, with a full page photograph on page 497.
  • "Doctor Wu's Portable Decryption of Ciphers" (pages 499 - 533) is an annotated list of definitions and sources (for the song lyrics), ordered by chapter and their appearance in the novel.