Hobgoblin

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Overview:

Title: Hobgoblin
Author: John Coyne
Year: 1981
ISBN-10: 0399126430
Publisher: Putnam
Price: $11.95
Pages: 228
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Novel
Title Reference: Hobgoblin
Notes: Info from Locus #250 (November 1981). Also listed in Locus #251 (December 1981), so it may have actually appeared in November instead of October. The front flap, seen on eBay, says "8111"; oddly, the copyright page of the 1982 Berkley paperback says, "G.P. Putnam's Sons edition/January 1981". Cover artist on back flap in FantLab photo.