Men Against the Stars: An Anthology Arranged as a Future Story of the Conquest of Space. Introduced by Willy Ley. Adventures in Science Fiction Series.
by GREENBERG, Martin (Editor)
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- first
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1950. First edition. Gnome Press, New York. 1950. DW. 351 pages. Wear to extremities of wrapper, lacking tiny portions from head and tail of spine and small closed tear to spine, slightly affecting text. Contents overall are clean and sound with no ownership inscriptions.
Synopsis
Men Against the Stars is a 1950 anthology of science fiction short stories edited by Martin Greenberg. It was the first “theme” anthology in science fiction, where all stories are about a common idea, setting, or concept. All the stories, save one, had originally appeared in the magazine Astounding. The other story, "When Shadows Fall", first appeared in Startling Stories.
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- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91490
- Title
- Men Against the Stars: An Anthology Arranged as a Future Story of the Conquest of Space. Introduced by Willy Ley. Adventures in Science Fiction Series.
- Author
- GREENBERG, Martin (Editor)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Date Published
- 1950
- Keywords
- SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY sci-fi anthologies sci-fi short stories Isaac Asimov A.E. Van Vogt
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIENCE FICTION and FANTASY;
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