ARC
n.— «N.Y. 1992 Delacorte 1st ARC VG/in wraps. From uncorrected proof of author’s first novel. Update of the “Frankenstein” story.» —“SF/Fantasy/Horror Catalogue 1 (A-K)” by foolsprogres@delphi.com Usenet: rec.arts.books.marketplace Sept. 2, 1994. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
How could you stop reading after a novel that begins like this? I had this story from one who had no business to tell me, or to any other. That’s the first line of Tarzan of the Apes (Bookshop|Amazon) by Edgar Rice Burroughs. This is part of a...