The Nitrogen Fix

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Overview:

Title: The Nitrogen Fix
Author: Hal Clement
Year: 1981
ISBN-10: 044158117X
Publisher: Ace Books
Price: $2.75
Pages: [8]+289
Binding: Paperback
Type: Novel
Title Reference: The Nitrogen Fix
Notes:
"First Mass Market Edition: October 1981" First printing as per number line 2468097531 Book appeared in August 1981, according to the listing in Locus #248 (September 1981) "Illustrated by Janet Aulisio" on title page, each piece is also signed The cover artist is not credited, full signature is on the artwork. Since each piece of interior art (other than the frontispiece) is on the page immediately preceding the individual chapters, those titles have been used to identify them.