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Old 08-11-2012, 10:22 PM   #11
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Originally Posted by bgalbrecht View Post
The version from Project Gutenberg and the version published by Renaissance E Books at Fictionwise are both created from the 1928 Amazing Stories edition, and are probably identical. The abridgement took place when it was republished as a paperback in the 1960s, and IMHO the description by Renaissance is a ploy to make you think that it's a different (better) edition than the one at PG.
They're not identical, as per the description of the book at FW. This version contains three more chapters than the PG version:

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For comparison here are the first five chapters as listed in the table of contents of the magazine version of the book:

I THE OCCURRENCE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

II THE ENGAGEMENT DINNER

III EARLIER DAYS

IV FAILURE AND SUCCESS

V STEEL BECOMES INTERESTED

And here are the first two chapters from other ebook editions:

I THE OCCURRENCE OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

II STEEL BECOMES INTERESTED

The two tables of contents and chapters are the same after the chapter "Steel Becomes Interested."
FW

PG
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