The Crucible of Time

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Overview:

Title: The Crucible of Time
Author: John Brunner
Year: 1984
ISBN-10: 0345302354
Publisher: Del Rey / Ballantine
Price: $3.50
Pages: [xi]+416
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Crucible of Time
Notes:
"First Paperback Edition: July 1984". The printing is not stated, no number line is present. The cover art is credited to Don Dixon on the copyright page, but there is no visible signature. The table of contents lists a Foreword [essay] and Prologue [in-universe] on Roman numerated pages ix and xi, but the pages have no numbers on them.