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A Few Last Words

James Sallis

First published 1970
Publisher Macmillan
Format Hardcover
Type Collection
Cover art Colos
Pages 226
Price $4.95

  • "First Printing" stated on the copyright page.
  • Cover gives the subtitle A Parable and a Prophecy, but not on the title page, nor anywhere else in the book.
  • "Jacket design by Colos" printed on the back flap of the dust jacket.
  • "60673" printed at the bottom on the back of the dustjacket.
  • Table of contents gives the first story ("JIM AND MARY G") and the last ("A FEW LAST WORDS") in capital letters, and divides the remaining stories into five roman-numeraled parts. Part I is pages 21 - 82; Part II is pages 83 - 116; Part III is pages 117 - 154; Part IV is pages 155 - 178 and consists only of the story "Occasions" which is further divided into 15 sections (but not on the contents page); and Part V is pages 179 - 204.
  • Exact publication date from Kirkus Reviews

Year Reviewer Publication
1971 James Blish The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1971
1971 Barry Gillam SF Commentary, #23

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