De camp catherine cook (6 risultati)

Mass Market Paper Back. Condizione: Very Good. Good paperback.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good to Near Very Good+ condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is one chip to the bottom rear spine end of the book cover. The Spine and spine joint also haver some fading / sunning. / The text pages are clean and bright. "De Camp had the mind of an educator, and a common theme in many of his works is a corrective impulse regarding similar previous works by other authors. A highly rational and logical thinker, he was frequently disturbed by what he regarded as logical lapses and absurdities in others' writings. Some, like Asimov, felt de Camp's conscientiousness about facts limited the scope of his stories: de Camp was reluctant to use technological or scientific concepts (e. G. , hyperspace or faster-than-light travel) if he did not think them possible. Thus, his response to Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court was to write a similar time travel novel (Lest Darkness Fall) in which the method of time travel was rationalized and the hero's technical expertise both set at a believable level and constrained by the technological limitations of the age. " (from Wikipedia).…

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. 7.0 X 4.2 X 0.5 inches.

Paperback. first edition. very good -fine, reading crease paperback.

Paperback. first edition. unread paperback, fine.

[0 91 3896 03 9] 1975. (hardcover) Near fine in fine dust jacket. viii, 220pp. 8vo. Based on L. Sprague de Camps' original Science Fiction Handbook published in 1953, this edition is completely rewritten by him and his wife, Catherine. The pages offer the history and growth of science fiction as a genre and that of its parent literature, fantasy, and serves as a reference for those who want to write. Jacket is fine, protected in loose mylar. There is a bookplate (small and tasteful) affixed to the front fixed endpaper; else is fine and seemingly never read.…