9781598531572-1598531573-American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s: A Library of America Boxed Set

American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s: A Library of America Boxed Set

ISBN-13: 9781598531572
ISBN-10: 1598531573
Edition: First Edition
Author: Various, Gary K. Wolfe
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: The Library of America
Format: Hardcover 1750 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781598531572
ISBN-10: 1598531573
Edition: First Edition
Author: Various, Gary K. Wolfe
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: The Library of America
Format: Hardcover 1750 pages

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American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s: A Library of America Boxed Set (ISBN-13: 9781598531572 and ISBN-10: 1598531573), written by authors Various, Gary K. Wolfe, was published by The Library of America in 2012. With an overall rating of 4.1 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s: A Library of America Boxed Set (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $21.55.

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Contains:
American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1953—1956
Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth / The Space Merchants
Theodore Sturgeon / More Than Human
Leigh Brackett / The Long Tomorrow
Richard Matheson / The Shrinking Man
978-1-59853-158-9

American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956—1958
Robert Heinlein / Double Star
Alfred Bester / The Stars My Destination
James Blish / A Case of Conscience
Algis Budrys / Who?
Fritz Leiber / The Big Time
978-159853-159-6

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. Long unnoticed or dismissed by the literary establishment, these “outsider” novels have gradually been recognized as American classics. Here are genre-defining works by such masters as Robert Heinlein, Richard Matheson, James Blish, and Alfred Bester. The themes range from time travel (Fritz Leiber’s The Big Time) to post-apocalyptic survival (Leigh Brackett’s The Long Tomorrow), from the prospect of a future dominated by multinational advertising agencies (Pohl and Kornbluth’s The Space Merchants) to the very nature of human identity in a technological age (Theodore Sturgeon’s More Than Human and Algis Budrys’s Who?). The range of styles is equally diverse, by turns satiric, adventurous, incisive, and hauntingly lyrical. Grappling in fresh ways with a world in rapid transformation, these visionary novels opened new imaginative territory in American writing.

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.

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