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THE END OF ETERNITY
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Offsetting to free endpapers, a little a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to upper front corner tip
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1955. First edition. Offsetting to free endpapers, a little a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to upper front corner tip and head of spine panel, a tiny closed tear to upper front panel. (17585). Octavo, illustrated by Mel Hunter, cloth. Eternals police human history against disasters, making history safe for mankind. "Time guardians rove through the centuries, keeping all eras in harmony. The hero rebels, preferring the uncertainties of infinity to the carefully controlled boredom of Eternity." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 120. "... a complex, thoughtful story of time travel, time paradoxes and time police, considered by some critics to be his best work." - John Clute / Malcolm J. Edwards, SFE (online). "Perhaps Asimov's best early novel..." Barron (ed.): Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-18.
Synopsis
The End of Eternity by Isaac Asimov is a science fiction novel, with mystery and thriller elements, on the subjects of time travel and social engineering. The themes are very different from most of his robot and 'space opera' stories, and take a clever approach to time paradoxes. Some people consider it his best work, or at least one of the best. (This view is recorded in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. ) As of April 2009, a film adaptation—to be directed by Kevin Macdonald—is planned.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17585
- Title
- THE END OF ETERNITY
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used - Offsetting to free endpapers, a little a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with some mild rubbing to upper front corner tip
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1955
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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