Nested Scrolls: A Writer's Life

Overview:

  • Title: Nested Scrolls: A Writer's Life
  • Author: Rudy Rucker
  • Year: 2011
  • ISBN-10: 9781848631526
  • Publisher: PS Publishing
  • Price: £49.99
  • Pages: 329+[16]
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Non-fiction
  • Title Reference: Nested Scrolls: A Writer's Life
  • Notes:
    • An illustrated limitation page follows the front loose endpaper bearing the statement: "This edition of Nested Scrolls is limited to 100 slipcased jacketed hardcovers, signed by Rudy Rucker and including a CD-ROM containing thirteen sets of book-writing notes in a million-word file called TWENTY YEARS OF WRITING" (over) "An unsigned edition is also available." This appears above a small b&w reproduction of the cover art which itself is above the author's signature. At the bottom is printed "This is copy" over a box in which the copy number is handwritten.
    • The verified copy (purchased directly from the publisher) is not slipcased, and there is no indication on the publisher's website that this edition was slipcased.
    • "Published in June 2011 by PS Publishing Ltd." and "First Edition" stated on the copyright page.
    • The ISBN-13s of both the regular edition (978-1-848631-51-9) and this Signed Edition (978-1-848631-52-6) are stated on the copyright page [hyphenation sic].
    • "Cover Art Copyright © Rudy Rucker 2011" and "Design & Layout by Michael Smith" stated on the copyright page.
    • "Jacket art by Rudy Rucker" (over) "Cover design by Michael Smith" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket.
    • Both endpapers print a full-color illustration by Rucker, credit based on the style and the artist's signature.
    • The cover art is reproduced and adhered directly to the boards of the book.
    • Sixteen pages of photographs printed on slick paper appear on unnumbered pages bound between pages 154 and 155.
    • Book is divided into 24 titled chapters, followed by a three-page bibliography starting on page 327.
    • The CD-ROM is contained in a separate case. A separate record for it has been created.