AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION. FOUR CLASSIC NOVELS 1968 - 1969. (STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP)
Lafferty, R. A.; Russ, Joanna; Delany, Samuel R.; Vance, Jack
Language: English
Published by The Library of America, 2019
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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As New. Still in the original shrinkwrap. Edited with an Introduction by Gary K. Wolfe. The four novels are: Past Master by R. A. Lafferty. Picnic on Paradise by Joanna Russ. Nova by Samuel R. Delany and Emphyrio by Jack Vance. Subscribers edition in slipcase. I assume this is a first printing. Brochure laid in. Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery Confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. Fine condition. Selling Used and Rare books online since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984.; The Library of America; Vol. 322; 8vo.; 742 pages.
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- Title
- AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION. FOUR CLASSIC NOVELS 1968 - 1969. (STILL IN THE ORIGINAL SHRINKWRAP)
- Author
- Lafferty, R. A.; Russ, Joanna; Delany, Samuel R.; Vance, Jack
- Publisher
- The Library of America
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1598535021
- ISBN 13
- 9781598535020
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing.
Presenting 4 underrated science fiction classics from a tumultuous time in American history—including works by iconic Black author Samuel R. Delany and feminist Joanna Russ.
In R. A. Lafferty’s utterly idiosyncratic and uncategorizable Past Master (1968), Renaissance philosopher Thomas More is summoned to Golden Astrobe in the year 2535: Can he save the planet’s troubled utopia from its soulless technological perfection and ensure the survival of the faith?
Joanna Russ introduces one of SF’s first and most engaging female adventurers in her taut and edgy debut novel Picnic on Paradise (1968): the tough, sardonic, unforgettable Alyx, an ancient Phoenician mercenary teleported into the future to serve as guide and bodyguard for a band of stranded space tourists.
The first African American writer to make a name for himself in the genre, Samuel R. Delany was hailed as “the best science-fiction writer in the world” on the basis of Nova (1968), a white-hot, fast-paced, protocyberpunk interstellar adventure featuring a misfit crew on a high-stakes quest.
Stumbling on a mysterious ancient text among his father’s belongings, the son of a master woodcarver uncovers the key to revolutionary change in Jack Vance’s Emphyrio (1969), a marvel of craftsmanship and visionary world-building set on remote, feudal, theocratic Halma.
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