5 Tales from Tomorrow

Edité par Crest Books published by Fawcett World Library - Fawcett Publications, Inc., New York

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Previous Dealer Markings; Repaired; Light Creasing on Front, Rear Covers, Spine; 2 Light Circular Impressions on Rear Cover (Left From Glass/Cup); Front, Rear Covers Lightly Chipped; Spine Moderately Chipped; Spine Slightly Cocked; Edges Lightly Soiled; Moderate Yellowing Due to Age. A breathtaking journey through time and space with five top writers of science fiction. BOOK NUMBER: S197. ALSO KNOWN AS: The stories included in Five Tales from Tomorrow were originally published by Frederick Fell, Inc., Publishers, in The Best Science-Fiction Stories and Novels: 1955, and this new Crest selection is reissued at $0.35 through arrangement with that company. CONTENTS: Push-Button Passion - Albert Compton Friborg; The Cold Equations - Tom Godwin; How-2 - Clifford D. Simak; Deep Space - Robert Abernathy; Exile - Everett B. Cole. SYNOPSIS: THE TIME: TOMORROW.when .space travel is as simple as suburban commuting .robots do everything from washing dishes to waging wars .do-it-yourself surgery kits are as common as Band-Aids .giant electronic brains mastermind all human activity THE PLACE: SPACE SPACE SPACE where the cold, dark islands of abandoned planets drift in a fabulous universe flooded with blazing energy, the dust of old suns and the heat of smoldering new stars. Space - the promise of new life to a crowded earth - the new frontier - the hope of tomorrow! Five exciting stories of time and space by such great science-fiction writers as Clifford D. Simak, Albert Compton Friborg, Everett B. Cole, Robert Abernathy, Tom Godwin - and - The Magic 5. Push-Button Passion - Chaos results when the most complicated and powerful machine ever invented falls in love. The Cold Equations - The tragedy of a lovely young stowaway on an inter-space cruiser. How-2 - A do-it-yourself fan of the future gets more than he bargained for when he puts together a self-reproducing robot. Deep Space - He courted death in a conquest of space. Exile - A visitor from a superior civilization finds himself on a drab, cruel earth-the results are fascinating. These are stories that take us into the strange and chilling world of the future - written by five masters of science fiction. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.…

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Détails bibliographiques

Titre
5 Tales from Tomorrow
Auteur
Dikty, T. E. (Edited by)
Éditeur
Crest Books published by Fawcett World Library - Fawcett Publications, Inc., New York
État de l'article
Fair
Reliure
Mass Market Paperback
Édition
A Crest Reprint.
Catalogues du vendeur
Science Fiction - Anthologies

Past Pages

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