The Ice People

Barjavel, Rene

Published by Readers Union / Science Fiction Book Club / SFBC, 1972

About this Item

© 1968: A stand-alone novel by Rene Barjavel. 1st printing of 1972 edition. UK SFBC #188. Translated from the French by Charles Lam Markmann:- Synopsis: John Wyndham once remarked that all the science fiction plots were used by H G Wells in his various novels and every one since is but a variation on a theme; a view that is hard to argue against. Certainly the plot of 'The Ice People' is familiar: an unknown artifact discovered deep beneath the Antarctic ice and a team of French scientists sent to investigate. As they cut down they find the ruins of an unknown and highly sophisticated civilisation and at its centre a large egg-shaped object whose inner chamber, encapsulated within blocks of solid helium, contains the living bodies of a man and a woman - survivors of a civilisation that perished 900,000 years earlier. It is the brilliance of the story telling which brings this novel to life; the ingeniousness of the plot which leads to numerous climaxes:- (original cost unmarked).

Seller Inventory # 23.055.00002

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ice People
• Publisher: Readers Union / Science Fiction Book Club / SFBC
• Publication Date: 1972
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback: 8" x 5"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Uncredited
• Edition: UK SFBC Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 0.29 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • UK SFBC
  • Science Fiction