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Science-fiction & fantasy literature: a critical list with discussions.
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Book of the Short Sun: Available Copies
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2001 Book of the Short Sun Gene Wolfe 1st Science Fiction Book Club SFBC Edition by Gene Wolfe
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780739416891
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club SFBC (2001)
Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar (Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.)
Used Book—Condition: Good
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The Book of the Short Sun: On Blue's Waters; In Green's Jungles; Return to the Whorl. Gene Wolfe. March, 2001. First SFBC (Science Fiction Book Club) Science Fiction Printing. 752 p., 9.5 x 6.5". ISBN: 0-7394-1689-8. In good condition. Dust jacket is rubbed/creased at flap hinges (mostly front flap) & scuffed at head and tail of spine but otherwise bright, clean, and intact. Black paper covered boards normally scuffed at edges and corners. Head and tail of spine bumped, gilt lettering bright and clean. Text-block clean; binding tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. Gene Rodman Wolfe (1931 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was noted for his dense, allusive prose as well as the strong influence of his Catholic faith. He was a prolific short story writer and novelist, and won many literary awards. Wolfe was honored as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. The Book of the Short Sun (1999 2001) is a series of three science fantasy novels or one three-volume novel by the American author Gene Wolfe. It continues The Book of the Long Sun (1993 1996): they share a narrator and Short Sun recounts a search for Silk, the Long Sun hero. The two works are set in the same universe as The Book of the New Sun series that Wolfe inaugurated in 1980. Science Fiction Book Club released a 752-page omnibus edition only two months after the third volume was published. RAREA2001DPQB 12/24 - HK2221
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The Book of the Short Sun: On Blue's Waters, In Green's Jungles, and Return to the Whorl by Wolfe, Gene
Hardcover
ISBN: 9780739416891
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club, New York (2001)
Seller: Ziesings (Shingletown, CA, U.S.A.)
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New York: Science Fiction Book Club:, 2001. First edition thus, Hardcover, SIGNED (label), Fine in Near Fine dust jacket, 742 pp. Cover artwork by: Jim Burns Label, signed by the author, affixed ro title page. A clean, straight and tight copy in jacket with a one-half inch closed tear at front fold (now made virtually invisible by virtue of a fresh mylar) and with very light toning to upper extremity of verso. First edition thus, Hardcover, SIGNED (label), Fine in Near Fine dust jacket,
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