A READER'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION - A Comprehensive and Fascinating Source-Book for Every Reader of Science Fiction

Searles, Baird (with Martin Last; Beth Meacham; and Michael Franklin) (foreword by Samuel R. Delany) (Edgar Rice Burroughs; Philip K. Dick; Thomas M. Disch; Robert A. Heinlein; Frank Herbert; William Hope Hodgson; C. S. Lewis; H. P. Lovecraft; A. Merritt)

Published by Avon Books, New York, 1979

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(xv) 266 pp. Light edge and corner wear with a crease on the spine; previous owner's name inside. Cover art by Stanislaw Fernandes. Discusses the work of: Edgar Rice B urroughs; Philip K. Dick; Thomas M. Disch; Robert A. Heinlein; Frank Herbert; William Hope Hodgson; C. S. Lewis; H. P. Lovecraft; A. Merritt; Walter M. Miller; Jack Vance; Jules Verne; Stanley G. Wein baum; H. G. Wells; Jack Williamson; S. Fowler Wright; John Wyndham; Roger Zelazny; Michael Moorcock; Larry Niven; H. Beam Piper; Frederik Pohl; C. M. Kornbluth; Joanna Russ; Mary Shelley; Cordwainer S mith; E. E. "Doc" Smith; Olaf Stapledon; Theodore Sturgeon; A. E. Van Vogt; Fritz Leiber; Henry Kuttner; C. L. Moore; Ursula K. Le Guin; Harlan Ellison; M. John Harrison; Gordon R. Dickson; Arthur C. Clarke; Hal Clement; Samuel R. Delany; Poul Anderson; Isaac Asimov; J. G. Ballard; Alfred Bester; James Blish; Ray Bradbury; John Brunner; and many many others.

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Title
A READER'S GUIDE TO SCIENCE FICTION - A Comprehensive and Fascinating Source-Book for Every Reader of Science Fiction
Author
Searles, Baird (with Martin Last; Beth Meacham; and Michael Franklin) (foreword by Samuel R. Delany) (Edgar Rice Burroughs; Philip K. Dick; Thomas M. Disch; Robert A. Heinlein; Frank Herbert; William Hope Hodgson; C. S. Lewis; H. P. Lovecraft; A. Merritt)
Publisher
Avon Books, New York
Publication year
1979
Condition
Very Good
Book Type
Book
Binding
Soft cover
Illustrator
Stanislaw Fernandes;
Edition
First Edition.
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