The Secret of Life

Overview:

  • Title: The Secret of Life
  • Author: Paul McAuley
  • Year: 2022
  • ISBN-10: 9781399603775
  • Publisher: Gollancz / Orion
  • Price: £12.99
  • Pages: ix+402
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Novel
  • Title Reference: The Secret of Life
  • Notes:
    Stated 1st printing of this 2022 edition, by number line. Title page:
    • "The Secret of Life [over] Paul McAuley"
    • Gollancz "VG" colophon as imprint.
    Copyright page:
    • "This edition first published in 2022 by Gollancz [over] an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group Ltd [over] Carmelite House, 50 Victoria Embankment [over] London EC4Y 0DZ"
    • "An Hachette UK Company"
    • Number line: "1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2"
    • "Text copyright © Paul McAuley, 2001"
    • "Introduction copyright © Pat Cadigan, 2022"
    • "ISBN (Paperback) 978 1 399 60377 5"
    • "ISBN (eBook) 978 1 399 60378 2"
    • "Printed and bound in Great Britain by Clays Ltd, [over] Elcograf S.p.A."
    Back cover:
    • "UK £12.99" (no additional pricing)
    • "Cover design @ Us-now Photography @ Shutterstock"
    Spine:
    • SF Masterworks, The Secret of Life, VG colophon in black; Paul McAuley in reddish-brown, all on graduated yellow-to-white ground.
    Full publication date from Amazon UK, Blackwells, publisher's site and uk.bookshop.org as of 2022-09-22. Introduction is signed "Pat Cadigan [over] 2022" on page ix. Part One is titled on unnumbered page 3, the novel text starts on the first numbered page, 5. Novel finishes on page 399. Acknowledgements on numbered page 401. Short author bio on last numbered page, 402. Semi-gloss cover.