The Secret of Life
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Overview:
- Title: The Secret of Life
- Author: Rudy Rucker
- Year: 1985
- ISBN-10: 0312943989
- Publisher: Bluejay Books
- Price: $14.95
- Pages: 246
- Binding: Hardcover
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: The Secret of Life
- Notes:
- "First Bluejay printing: April, 1985" stated on the copyright page without a number line.
- The copyright page contains the complete Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data including the year of publication (1985), the ISBN (0-312-94398-9), and the LCCN: 85-2836.
- "A Bluejay International Edition" on the title page and a blurb on the rear flap explains such as particular editions published on four continents
- PV3 copy from the UK and has a Titan Books sticker over the US price with £12.95
- "Jacket art by Richard Berry" (over) "Text design by Terry McCabe" stated on the copyright page.
- "Jacket art by Richard Berry" (over) "Jacket design by Gregory K. Wilkin" printed at the back flap of the dustjacket.
- The artwork has RRB ©85
- Code "5/85" on the back flap of the dustjacket would indicate a printing date of May 1985.
- Locus1 gives the publication date as June 1985.