Lyonesse: Madouc (First Printing Signed Limited Edition)

Vance, Jack

ISBN 10: 0887330703 / ISBN 13: 9780887330704

Published by Underwood-Miller: Lancaster, Pa., 1989

About this Item

ISBN: 0887330703 Near Fine/Fine. Hardcover, green cloth over boards with bright gilt lettering on spine. First Edition, Signed, Limited. #346 of 600 copies. Very clean, unmarked copy. Housed in tonally matched slipcase. Please feel free to email for photos.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lyonesse: Madouc (First Printing Signed Limited Edition)
• Publisher: Underwood-Miller: Lancaster, Pa.
• Publication Date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0887330703
• ISBN 13: 9780887330704
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: nf/f
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

A friendly prehistoric rhinoceros is genetically recreated in the near future.

From School Library Journal

Grade 6 Up-- Beware, dear readers, of the book that includes a lengthy rationalization of its troubled publishing history. Take note especially of an author's note like Anthony's that follows, rather than precedes, the story. Although he goes to great lengths to convince his audience that editors bounced this book due to differences in ideological beliefs, readers will find a simpler explanation: it's bad writing. The plot has potential: Thor and Barb, two teenagers in America's near-future, help raise Theria and Balook, two genetically designed prehistoric rhinos. Romance develops for both the rhinos and the kids. When Balook accidently kills a boy who frightens him with a firecracker, Barb and Thor must try to protect their gigantic pets from the wrath of vigilante citizens. Anthony's at his best writing action scenes. Unfortunately, the first half of the book is bogged down with tedious narrative that tells rather than shows what Thor thinks and feels. The love scenes are awkward and naive, in the manner of 1960s sci-fi pulps. But the biggest problem here is that the future described, and its inhabitants, seems almost as prehistoric as the rhinos, in comparison to the adolescent cyberpunks and MTVovites who fill the halls of high schools these days. The illustrations tend to favor static, pretty scenes instead of depicting the action. Thor and Barb look younger in the pictures than in the story, which may turn off older readers. Adult science fiction titles by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling provide more mind-expanding reading. --Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library
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