The Big Time
by Leiber, Fritz
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/very good -
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
New York: Collier Books, 1982. Later printing. Very Good/very good -. 130 p.; small HC; VG+ in VG unclipped DJ, slight rubbing at edges. Black boards. Interior clean, unmarked. Book Club edition. Originally published in 1958 (Galaxy Magazine) and 1962 (ACE). Foreword to this edition by Fritz Leiber. Hugo Award winner, 1958. A locked-room mystery in a R & R facility for soldiers in the Change Wars.
Synopsis
The Big Time (1957) is a short science fiction novel by Fritz Leiber. It won the Hugo Award in 1958. The Big Time is a vast, cosmic back story, hidden behind a claustrophobic front story with only a few characters. The storyline involves two factions which both have time travel who are at war with each other. Their method of battle involves changing the outcome of events throughout history. The two sides are nicknamed the Spiders and the Snakes.
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Details
- Seller
- Reading Rat (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- RRAB1834
- Title
- The Big Time
- Author
- Leiber, Fritz
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Later printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collier Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- time travel alternate universe change wars
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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About the Seller
Reading Rat
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Winnipeg, Manitoba
About Reading Rat
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Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...