The Practice Effect

Overview:

  • Title: The Practice Effect
  • Author: David Brin
  • Year: 1984
  • Publisher: Bantam Books / SFBC
  • Price: $3.98
  • Pages: 249
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Practice Effect
  • Notes:
    • "Book Club Edition" printed at the bottom of the front flap of the dustjacket indicates a printing by Doubleday for its various book clubs.
    • First hardcover edition (not stated).
    • Selection of the Science Fiction Book Club for October 1984.
    • No printed price. Price for this record is taken from Locus1.
    • No stated date of publication. The date for this record is taken from the list provided by SFBC editor Andrew Wheeler to the rec.arts.sf.written newsgroup. Locus1 gives the month as November.
    • "6213" printed in a white box at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket.
    • First printing has gutter code "O37" [verified] on page 248, indicates a printing in September 1984.
    • "Jacket painting by Jill Bauman" printed on the back flap of the dustjacket, the artwork is also signed.
    • First printing has dark blue boards with brown lettering