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Cities in Flight: They Shall Have Stars; A Life for the Stars; Earthman, Come Home; and The Triumph of Time
by James Blish
- Used
- good
- hardcover
- Condition
- good/fair
- Seller
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Salem, Oregon
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About This Item
Garden City: Nelson Doubleday, 1973. first thus. hardcover. good/fair. Brad Holland. First printing of this edition. Dust jacket has closed tears and chips, including a major chip on the spine; now in new removable protective cover. Grey boards with red print on spine; spine and corners are bumped. Spine has slight lean. Nelson Doubleday (imprint of Science Fiction Book Club) hard cover, with dust jacket, first printing Feb. 1973 (code 04O), SFBC #5579, 593 pages, cover art by Brad Holland. 8vo (8.5"" x 5.75"") Hardcover reprint of mass paperback original. Omnibus edition of four novels, originally published separately: They Shall Have Stars, A Life for the Stars, Earthman, Come Home, and The Triumph of Time. The Triumph of Time was nominated for the 2007 British Science Fiction Award, BSFA Fiftieth Anniversary Award: Best Novel of 1958.
Synopsis
Cities in Flight is an omnibus volume of four novels written by James Blish, originally published between 1955 and 1962, which became known over time collectively as the 'Okie' novels. The novels feature entire cities that are able to fly through space using an anti-gravity device, the spindizzy. They cover a span of time of many hundred years, from a very near future to the end of the universe. 'Earthman, Come Home' was a winner of a Retro Hugo Award in 2004 for Best Novelette.
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Details
- Seller
- Bujoldfan
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- Seller Inventory #
- 08181803SFBC5579cab
- Title
- Cities in Flight: They Shall Have Stars; A Life for the Stars; Earthman, Come Home; and The Triumph of Time
- Author
- James Blish
- Illustrator
- Brad Holland
- Format/binding
- Hardcover
- Book condition
- Used - good
- Jacket condition
- fair
- Quantity available
- 1
- Edition
- first thus
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date published
- 1973
- Keywords
- Cities in Flight
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo
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