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American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1968-1969 (Loa #322): Past Master / Picnic on Paradise / Nova / Emphyrio

by Gary K. Wolfe
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781598535020
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Library of America
  • Publisher Imprint: Library of America
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 773
  • Original Price: INR 3199.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 681 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Science Fiction / Collections & Anthologies, Science Fiction / Alien Contact, and Science Fiction / Space Opera

Celebrate classic novels of the New Wave era of sci-fi with this second collectable science fiction anthology from Library of America.

Presenting 4 underrated science fiction classics from a tumultuous time in American history--including works by iconic Black author Samuel R. Delany and feminist Joanna Russ.

In R. A. Lafferty's utterly idiosyncratic and uncategorizable Past Master (1968), Renaissance philosopher Thomas More is summoned to Golden Astrobe in the year 2535: Can he save the planet's troubled utopia from its soulless technological perfection and ensure the survival of the faith?

Joanna Russ introduces one of SF's first and most engaging female adventurers in her taut and edgy debut novel Picnic on Paradise (1968): the tough, sardonic, unforgettable Alyx, an ancient Phoenician mercenary teleported into the future to serve as guide and bodyguard for a band of stranded space tourists.

The first African American writer to make a name for himself in the genre, Samuel R. Delany was hailed as "the best science-fiction writer in the world" on the basis of Nova (1968), a white-hot, fast-paced, protocyberpunk interstellar adventure featuring a misfit crew on a high-stakes quest.

Stumbling on a mysterious ancient text among his father's belongings, the son of a master woodcarver uncovers the key to revolutionary change in Jack Vance's Emphyrio (1969), a marvel of craftsmanship and visionary world-building set on remote, feudal, theocratic Halma.

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