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April 23[edit]

Urdu newspaper, need volume number[edit]

Hello,

I'm wondering whether the front page of this Urdu-language paper says a volume number, or year of foundation?

http://www.geopakistan.ca/geoweekly/new/1.htm

Thanks, -- Zanimum (talk) 17:04, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Below "Geo Pakistan", It says the date of publication, 21 April 2010, in Islamic calendar 7th Jammad al-Awwal 1430 and then the 10th of some month (Minakh?) in the year 2067 in some other calendar (which appears to be similar, but not identical, to Bikram Samwat). Next to the name in Urdu there's a badge saying "6 sal" ("six years", i.e. six years from foundation). On the side in the lower level there's a text saying jalad number 6 and shamara number 6, i think both refer to the years of publication. --Soman (talk) 15:07, 28 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Publication of The Last Answer[edit]

I can not seem to find out when The Last Answer by Isaac Asimov was first published. The earliest date I can find for it is 1971. But a definitive date and/or history for it would be good. Ariel. (talk) 21:48, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The date in the "Book overview" on the page you linked seems to be a typo for 1981, which is the publication date given on the collection's Amazon page. According to the Locus Index, the story was first published in the January 1980 issue of Analog. Deor (talk) 22:05, 23 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Is that your final answer? Clarityfiend (talk) 00:21, 24 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks, I edited the article to put in publication dates. Ariel. (talk) 23:50, 29 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]