Librería: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). The author's first novel. Reprinted in the US (paperback only) as MECHASM (1969). ''his first sf novel, THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (1968; vt Mechasm 1969), introduced into his typical small-town-US setting a brilliant maelstrom of sf activity: a self-reproducing technological device goes out of control in passages of allegorical broadness: but everything turns out all right in the end, though not through positive efforts of the inept cast, and a dreamlike Utopia looms on the horizon. Governing the conniptions of the tale is an obsessive discourse upon and dramatization of the metamorphic relationships between human and Robot, a relationship which lies at the centre of all his subsequent solo novels and much of his short fiction. As the most formally inventive, the funniest, and very nearly the most melancholy of modern American sf writers, Sladek always addressed the heart of the genre, but never gained due renown. We needed his attention, which we got: he deserved ours, which he did not receive. '' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition). Fine copy in an almost fine dustjacket with price sticker on inner front flap. Nº de ref. del artículo: 23806
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Librería: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). The author's first novel. Reprinted in the US (paperback only) as MECHASM (1969). ''his first sf novel, THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (1968; vt Mechasm 1969), introduced into his typical small-town-US setting a brilliant maelstrom of sf activity: a self-reproducing technological device goes out of control in passages of allegorical broadness: but everything turns out all right in the end, though not through positive efforts of the inept cast, and a dreamlike Utopia looms on the horizon. Governing the conniptions of the tale is an obsessive discourse upon and dramatization of the metamorphic relationships between human and Robot, a relationship which lies at the centre of all his subsequent solo novels and much of his short fiction. As the most formally inventive, the funniest, and very nearly the most melancholy of modern American sf writers, Sladek always addressed the heart of the genre, but never gained due renown. We needed his attention, which we got: he deserved ours, which he did not receive. '' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition). Fine copy in a near fine dustjacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 12810
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Librería: COLD TONNAGE BOOKS, Colyton, DEVON, Reino Unido
Hardcover. First edition (& 1st printing). The author's first sf novel. Reprinted in the US (paperback only) as MECHASM (1969). Note: the difference between this proof dustjacket and that issued, is that the price (21/-) states ''appx'' and not ''net'' at the bottom of the inner front flap: the front panel design is a little different, and there are twelve titles listed on the rear panel, not eleven (one title is taken out and two added). ''his first sf novel, THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM (1968; vt Mechasm 1969), introduced into his typical small-town-US setting a brilliant maelstrom of sf activity: a self-reproducing technological device goes out of control in passages of allegorical broadness: but everything turns out all right in the end, though not through positive efforts of the inept cast, and a dreamlike Utopia looms on the horizon. Governing the conniptions of the tale is an obsessive discourse upon and dramatization of the metamorphic relationships between human and Robot, a relationship which lies at the centre of all his subsequent solo novels and much of his short fiction. As the most formally inventive, the funniest, and very nearly the most melancholy of modern American sf writers, Sladek always addressed the heart of the genre, but never gained due renown. We needed his attention, which we got: he deserved ours, which he did not receive. '' (John Clute/Encyclopedia of SF, 3rd Edition). Fine copy in a fine proof dustjacket. Nº de ref. del artículo: 12808
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Librería: Currey, L.W. Inc. ABAA/ILAB, Elizabethtown, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Octavo, boards. First edition. Reprinted in the U.S. as MECHASM (1969). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1040. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#82423). Nº de ref. del artículo: 82423
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