Bibliograph

American science fiction, four classic novels 1968-1969, Gary K. Wolfe, editor

Type

Label

American science fiction, four classic novels 1968-1969, Gary K. Wolfe, editor

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 730-742)

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

American science fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1080584586

Responsibility statement

Gary K. Wolfe, editor

Series statement

Library of America

Sub title

four classic novels 1968-1969

Summary

"In this second volume of a two-volume set gathering the best American science fiction from the tumultuous 1960s, R. A. Lafferty's quirky and utterly original Past Master, an unjustly neglected classic, imagines Sir Thomas More transported to the colony Astrobe in the year 2535, where he is made president of a future Utopia. In Picnic on Paradise, Joanna Russ presents her indelible heroine, Alyx, who is hired to protect a group of tourists in a hostile alien world. Samuel R. Delany's proto-cyberpunk space opera Nova, reprinted here for the first time in a text corrected by the author, combines the pacing of a revenge story with the arc of a grail-quest legend. Jack Vance's dystopian thriller Emphyrio is the coming-of-age story of Ghyl, who has been raised in a world barring the use of automation but has a strong sense of subversive individualism. The novel has been restored to the author's original text, without later editorial interventions."--Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification