APPROACHING OBLIVION: ROAD SIGNS ON THE TREADMILL TOWARD TOMORROW
by Ellison, Harlan
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- Signed
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29282)
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About This Item
[London]: Millington, [1976]. First British edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29282). Octavo, boards. Signed on the title page by Ellison. Collects eleven stories. Foreword by Michael Crichton. "Typically top-of-the-voice tales-some sf, some fantasy-by one of the fields leading performers." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 17. "[Ellison's stories] are terrifying and vicious, immersive and gut-wrenching, and span from baroque far future speculations to near future warnings. Above all, they are well-written and intelligent. Many are infused with (pseudo) autobiographical content and lament the societal ills that Ellison sees as most pervasive and dangerous and most of the time he believes it's futile to do anything about it." - book review by Joachim Boaz, August, 2013 at Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations (blog).
Synopsis
Approaching Oblivion is a collection of short stories by author Harlan Ellison. The short stories had appeared in various magazines throughout the early 1970s with the exceptions of "Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman" which originally appeared in 1962 and "Ecowareness" which was previously unpublished. According to the introduction, the book was originally conceived in 1970 as a call to action, that would contain cautionary tales from Ellison's previous books.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29282
- Title
- APPROACHING OBLIVION: ROAD SIGNS ON THE TREADMILL TOWARD TOMORROW
- Author
- Ellison, Harlan
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (29282)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British edition
- Publisher
- Millington
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- [1976]
- Keywords
- SF . SC . Signed
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