Octavo, two volumes, First edition. Collects THE SPACE MERCHANTS by Frederick Pohl and Cyril M. Kornbluth (1953), MORE THAN HUMAN by Theodore Sturgeon (1953), THE LONG TOMORROW by Leigh Brackett (1955), THE SHRINKING MAN by Richard Matheson (1956), DOUBLE STAR by Robert A. Heinlein (1956), THE STARS MY DESTINATION by Alfred Bester (1956), A CASE OF CONSCIENCE by James Blish (1958), WHO? by Algis Budrys (1985) and THE BIG TIME by Fritz Leiber (1958; 1961). A fine set in dust jackets and paper box. (#177397).

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Title: AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION: FOUR CLASSIC NOVELS 1953-1956 [with] AMERICAN SCIENCE FICTION: FOUR CLASSIC NOVELS 1956-1958 .
Publisher: Library of America, [New York]
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1598531581
ISBN 13: 9781598531589
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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Following its acclaimed three-volume edition of the novels of science fiction master Philip K. Dick, The Library of America now presents a two-volume anthology of nine groundbreaking works from the golden age of the modern science fiction novel, works by turns satiric, adventurous, incisive, and hauntingly lyrical. Long unnoticed or dismissed by the literary establishment, these visionary “outsider” novels grappled in fresh ways with a world in rapid transformation and have gradually been recognized as American classics that opened new imaginative territory in American writing.

This first volume contains:

Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth / The Space Merchants

Theodore Sturgeon / More Than Human

Leigh Brackett / The Long Tomorrow

Richard Matheson / The Shrinking Man

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation’s literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America’s best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

About the Author

GARY K. WOLFE, editor, is Professor of Humanities in Roosevelt University’s Evelyn T. Stone College of Professional Studies and the author, most recently, of Evaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature and Sightings: Reviews 2002–2006. He has received numerous awards for his critical writing including the British Science Fiction Association Award and the World Fantasy Award. He writes a monthly review column for Locus Magazine.

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