ORPHANS OF THE SKY
de Heinlein, Robert A
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some faint soiling to spine panel and nearly invisible 14 mm closed tear at upper ed
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963. First edition. A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some faint soiling to spine panel and nearly invisible 14 mm closed tear at upper edge of front panel near spine fold. A very attractive copy. (10860). Octavo, boards. Preceded the 1964 Putnam edition. Part of Heinlein's "future history" series, first published as a two-part serial in Astounding Science Fiction in 1941 as "Universe" and "Common Sense." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-88. See Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1653-64.
Sinopsis
‘The Proxima Centauri Expedition, sponsored by the Jordan Foundation in 2119, was the first recorded attempt to reach the nearer stars of this galaxy. Whatever its unhappy fate we can only conjecture...’ A whole society, complete with a strange, savage religion, superstitions, mutant outcasts, rigid class structures and an agricultural barter economy, hurtles through the void. It is an epic voyage whose purpose has been long forgotten. High Hoyland’s innate curiosity impels him to undertake his own voyage of discovery. But he doesn’t realize the implications of the truth about the Ship – his world – until it’s too late to turn back...
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- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 10860
- Título
- ORPHANS OF THE SKY
- Autor
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Estado del libro
- Usado - A fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with some faint soiling to spine panel and nearly invisible 14 mm closed tear at upper ed
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Victor Gollancz Ltd
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1963
- Palabras clave
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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