Book club edition. Black boards with black cloth spine. Gold lettering on spine. Wear to top and bottom ends of spine. Binding is tight and square. Pages are clean throughout. A small stain on bottom page edges. The dust jacket has a one inch chip on top front edge and moderate chipping and tear to all edges. Featuring more than 60 groundbreaking stories by science fiction's most important and influential writers.

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Title: The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard Sf
Publisher: Tor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Publication Date: 1994
Language: English
ISBN 10: 031285062X
ISBN 13: 9780312850623
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Featuring more than sixty groundbreaking short stories by modern science fiction's most important and influential writers, The Ascent of Wonder offers a definitive and incisive exploration of the SF genre's visionary core.

From Poe to Pohl, Wells to Wolfe, and Verne to Vinge, this hefty anthology fully charts the themes, trends, thoughts, and traditions that comprise the challenging yet rich literary form known as "hard SF."

About the Author

David G. Hartwell is also the editor of the critically acclaimed anthology The Dark Descent: The Evolution of Horror, along with several other books.

Kathryn Cramer has also co-edited The Hard SF Renaissance, Spirits of Christmas, and other titles.

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