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Short Story

Not by Its Cover

1968

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About this story

A Martian publisher discovers inexplicable changes in the text of a newly printed book. The investigation points toward its unusual binding and a disagreement about life and death that ordinary proofreading cannot resolve.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Sep 21, 1965

    Composition: no later than Sep 21, 1965

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Sep 21, 1965

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Sep 21, 1965

  3. Summer 1968

    First published Summer 1968

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