The Engineer Reconditioned
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Overview:
- Title: The Engineer Reconditioned
- Author: Neal Asher
- Year: 2008
- ISBN-10: 9780843961614
- Publisher: Cosmos Books / Wildside Press
- Price: $6.99
- Pages: 319
- Binding: Paperback
- Type: Collection
- Title Reference: The Engineer ReConditioned
- Notes:
- Printing date from Locus1
- The copyright page has no printing information nor is it contained anywhere else in the book.
- The title page says "Cosmos Books" for the publisher.
- Copyright page says "Published by Dorchester Publishing Co., Inc.... in collaboration with Wildside Press LLC." Also "Copyright © 2006 by Neal Asher." Copyright page and UPC label on back of book give both ISBN-13 and ISBN-10.
- The Contents page (page [5]) lists only the "Introduction," "The Engineer," "Spatterjay," "The Owner," "The Tor-Beast's Prison," and "Tiger Tiger" (with correct page numbers). However, the book also contains "Snairls" p. 114, "Jable Shark" p. 151, "The Thrake" p. 165, "Proctors" p. 184 and "The Gurnard" p. 292.
- Most stories begin with the story title and a brief introduction by the author. Three stories are missing both the story title and introduction. The previous story ends and then they begin after a short gap, with no indication that a new story is beginning.
- The untitled short story "Snairls" begins on page 114 with the sentence "The other passengers went to their cabins..."
- The untitled short story "Jable Shark" begins on page 151 with the sentence "The ship: three masts stitched across the horizon..."
- The untitled short story "The Thrake" begins on the top of page 165 with the sentence "To Mark, the runcible was the altar to some cybernetic god of technology..."
- On back cover: Art by Ian Field-Richards. Design by Gary Nurrish.
- On back cover below UPC code: $6.99 US $8.99 CAN £5.99 UK $14.95 AUS