Use of Weapons
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Overview:
- Title: Use of Weapons
- Author: Iain M. Banks
- Year: 2006
- ISBN-10: 185723135X
- Publisher: Orbit
- Price: £7.99
- Pages: 411
- Binding: Trade Paperback
- Type: Novel
- Title Reference: Use of Weapons
- Notes:
- 17th printing (from printing history on copyright page)
- Publication year derived from printing history
- Printing history on copyright page:
- This edition published in 1992 by Orbit
- Reprinted 1992, 1993, 1994 (twice), 1995, 1996 (twice), 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
- Additional copyright page statement: "First published in Great Britain in 1990 by Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd"
- Publication does not appear in Locus1 (neither in the 2006 nor in the 2007 index; the 2005 index lists the 16th printing)
- Cover art not credited, no visible signature (looks like a photograph)
- Back cover states "DESIGN: ©www.blacksheep-uk.com
- Additional price on back cover: C$18.50
- The Prologue chapter starts at page 1. It is preceded by a 2-page poem-like piece titled "'Slight Mechanical Destruction'" (note the single quotes which are part of the title). The poem is fictional (i.e. it is written by a fictional character) and considered to be part of the novel.