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Framingham: NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association) Press, 2014. First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket,. Bob Eggleton. Framingham: NESFA (New England Science Fiction Association) Press:, 2014. First edition, Hardcover, New in dust jacket, 470 pp.<br/> Cover artwork by: Bob Eggleton "'A Bicycle Built for Brew: The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson (volume 6)' continues the series of presenting the best of his fantasy and science fiction stories published over a writing career of 50 years. It includes 5 short novels and 3 novellas. ' Bicycle Built for Brew', the lead short novel mixes beer, air-tight drums, a talking parrot guaranteed to repeat phrases laced with 4-letter indignities, a romance between an English lass and a Scottish soldier, and the need to communicate the fact of the invasion to British authorities on a nearby asteroid in a very humorous tale. The original magazine version of 'Three Hearts and Three Lions,' long unavailable…
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A Bicycle Built for Brew (aka The Makeshift Rocket), serialized in Astounding Science Fiction
by Poul Anderson
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New York: Street & Smith Publications. November/December 1958. First Edition. Digest-size Magazine. Good. Spine crumbling (Nov). Rear cover (Nov) detached with shadow of old tape. "-15" inked on front covers. Interiors tanned but unmarked. Stress tears along hinges. Spine ends chipped.
Poul Anderson's novel The Makeshift Rocket first appeared in print when it was serialized under the title A Bicycle Built for Brew in the November and December 1958 issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine with cover art (Nov) and ten interior illustrations by H. R. Van Dongen. The story mixes beer, air-tight drums, a talking parrot guaranteed to repeat phrases laced with four-letter indignities, a romance between an English lass and a Scottish soldier, and the need to communicate the fact of the invasion to British authorities on a nearby asteroid in a very humorous tale.
Poul Anderson's novel The Makeshift Rocket first appeared in print when it was serialized under the title A Bicycle Built for Brew in the November and December 1958 issues of Astounding Science Fiction magazine with cover art (Nov) and ten interior illustrations by H. R. Van Dongen. The story mixes beer, air-tight drums, a talking parrot guaranteed to repeat phrases laced with four-letter indignities, a romance between an English lass and a Scottish soldier, and the need to communicate the fact of the invasion to British authorities on a nearby asteroid in a very humorous tale.
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- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published November 1958
- Keywords science fiction, humor, beer, bicycles, profane parrots, magazine, pulp, digest
- Size 12mo
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A Bicycle Built for Brew: The Collected Works of Poul Anderson Volume 6
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NESFA Press. Collectible - Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible - Very Good. Like New dust jacket. Volume 6. Press release laid in. Review Copy stamp on title page. From the collection of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction, Short Stories)
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A bicycle Built for brew (part 1 of 2 parts) : Astounding Science Fiction ; Vol. LXII No. 4. November 1958
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New York: Street & Smith Publications, 1958. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 162 pages; Physical desc.: 162 p. ill., 20 cm. Subjects: Science Fiction -- Periodicals.
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