Extraterrestrial Encounter: A Personal Perspective de Boyce, Chris

HARDBACK "RARELY AVAILABLE OUTSIDE THE US," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Impression: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1979* Publisher: David & Charles.* Binding and cover condition: Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. Slight bumps to top front edge minimal rubs to edges. VG* Jacket condition: Illustrative dust wrapper. NOT PRICE CLIPPED, showing shelf price of £5.50. Slight shelf wear to top & bottom edge and to head & tail of spine. A little grubby. VG* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Book sellers able lable to fep, clean, crisp, tight and bright with very light reading wear, no marks to text, top and fore edge slightly grubby, no tanning. VG* Illustrations: Some b/w within text throughout. * Pages: 163 pp. text. xxxvii pp. appendices. notes, bibliography & index at rear.* Description: Chris Boyce examines the nature and consequences of our first contact with alien civilisation. What they are likely to be like, how they may think, and why they may wish to contact us. In this controversial book, Boyce, an internationally known science-fiction writer examines the nature and consequences of our first contact with alien civilization & proposes a radically different future strategy from that adopted by the radio astronomers, a strategy which employs attainable technologies. All in all, Extraterrestrial Encounter is one of the most provocative books ever to appear in this, one of the most provocative fields of study.* A NEAR FINE copy of the 1st./1st. with minor faults reducing it to VG.*