The Falling Torch, One Man Stands Painfully Alone Against the Most Powerful Army in the Galaxy

Budrys, Algis, Illustrated by Eric Ladd Cover Art

ISBN 10: 0515046493 / ISBN 13: 9780515046496

Published by New York: Jove/HBJ #A4649, 1978, New York, 1978

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Soft Cover. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Very good paperback, light coverwear, else bright & tight. Size 4x7 with 158 pages.

Seller Inventory # 006129

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Falling Torch, One Man Stands Painfully Alone Against the Most Powerful Army in the Galaxy
• Publisher: New York: Jove/HBJ #A4649, 1978, New York
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0515046493
• ISBN 13: 9780515046496
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Eric Ladd Cover Art
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

Jove HBJ, 1978. Paperback. This 1958 novel is the story of a conquered Earth's government-in-exile returning to free the home planet.

About the Author

Algis Budrys is Lithuanian for Gordon John Sentry, more or less. (He made a deal with his mother not to change his name.) He is the author of ten novels, three short story colletions, and five non-fiction works. he has taught at Columbia (Chicago), Harvard, Brigham Young University, CalTech, the Charles Dickens House in London, Pepperdine University, the Taos experimental Writers of the Future workshop, and the Library of Congress, to name a few, as well as several annual workshops in Moscow, Idaho. He is the editor and publisher of Tomorrow Speculative Fiction magazine.