Fantasy
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Clarke, Arthur C(harles). Prelude to space. London, Sidgwick and Jackson (1953). 8°. 176 p. Dark red original linen binding with a colour-illustrated dust jacket (by Gerard Quinn).
Currey p. 101. Samuelson A 3 c. – First UK edition and first hardcover edition, as compared with the first American edition of 1951 (as a paperback, New York, World Editions Inc.), with textual revisions. – Written in 1947, the novel follows a historian documenting the upcoming launch of Prometheus, the world’s first moonbound spacecraft. It is highly regarded by science fiction collectors for its accurate technological predictions, which heavily mirrored the actual Space Shuttle program decades later. – „Sir Arthur Charles Clarke was one of the most visionary minds of the 20th century—a rare figure who bridged the worlds of hard science and speculative fiction with equal mastery. Born on December 16, 1917, in the small seaside town of Minehead, England, Clarke’s fascination with the future began early. As a boy, he devoured American science fiction pulp magazines and built his first telescope from cardboard tubes, gazing at the moon with a longing that would define his life’s work. … As a writer, Clarke’s career soared with the 1951 publication of Childhood’s End, a novel that explored human evolution and cosmic transcendence. His true masterpiece arrived in 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey, which he developed in parallel with Stanley Kubrick’s landmark film. Both the novel and the film redefined science fiction, presenting a realistic, awe-inspiring vision of humanity’s journey into the cosmos“ (L. W. Currey). – The dust jacket has small areas missing from the top edge and is slightly scuffed, but is otherwise in very good condition. Schlagwörter: Fantasy, Phantastik / Utopie, Raumfahrt, Science Fiction |
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Clarke, Arthur C(harles). 2001, a space odyssey. A novel, based on the screenplay by Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. London, Hutchinson of London (1968). 8°. 224 p. Publisher’s cardboard binding with a colour-illustrated dust jacket (designed by Michael Brett).
Currey p. 27 f. Samuelson A21. – First UK edition. Published in June 1968, at the same time as the American edition (New York, The New American Library), just a few weeks after the film’s UK cinema release in May 1968. Arthur C. Clarke himself noted in his memoirs (The Lost Worlds of 2001) that Stanley Kubrick’s final approval of the book manuscript had delayed its publication until the summer of that year. – The front of the dust jacket features the actor Keir Dullea as Dr David Bowman. The back shows the spaceship Discovery. – The story is based in part on various short stories by Clarke, including „The Sentinel“ (written in 1948 for a BBC competition, but first published in 1951 under the title „Sentinel of Eternity“). The first part of the novel, in which aliens influence the primitive ancestors of humans, is similar to the plot of Clarke’s 1953 short story „Encounter in the Dawn“. – „The novel has very little of the poetry of the picture“ and „lacks most of the picture’s strengths“, but that „it has to be read before one can understand the picture“ (James Blish, The Future in Books, 1969, p. 141 f.). – „And, of course, it is a fantasy—you need not believe it—but a fantasy by a master who is as deft at generating accelerating, almost painful suspense as he is knowledgeable and accurate (and fascinating) about the technical and human details of space flight and exploration. But it is finally the stretching of the imagination that is most enthralling as Mr. Clarke entices the reader into strange and magnificent conceptions of other forms of time, dimension and existence“ (Eliot Fremont-Smith, New York Times, July 5, 1968). – The dust jacket has minor tears at the edges; a fine copy. Schlagwörter: Fantasy, Phantastik / Utopie, Science Fiction |
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King, Stephen. 11/22/63. A novel. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, New Delhi, Scribner November 2011. 8°. ix, 849 p. with 6 illustrations. Hardcover with color-illustrated dust jacket.
First Scribner hardcover edition. – „On november 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. What if you could change it back?“ – Near fine. Schlagwörter: Fantasy, Phantastik / Utopie |
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Pratchett, Terry and Neil Gaiman. Good omens. The nice and accurate prophecies of Agnes Nutter, witch. Illustrated with line drawings and colour plates by Paul Kidby. London, Dunmanifestin (2019). Gr.-4° (31 x 23,7 cm.). 278 S. mit 20 Farbtafeln und Illustrationen von Paul Kidby. Illustr. Orig.-Pappband in Buch-Kassette in Schlangenleder-Optik.
Eines von 1655 num. Exemplaren; von Paul Kidby signiert. – One of 1655 limited copies. Stunning collectors’ hardback in a snakeskin effect solander box, with metallic red page edges, 20 colour illustrations with additional pencil illustrations. Numbered tipped-in sheet signed by Paul Kidby. – „Working with Terry was a life-enriching experience for me, both professionally and personally. He had so much to say and do, books to write, orang-utans to save, campaigns to wage. His creative energy was irrepressible, always questing and dynamic – brimming over with ideas and plots that needed pinning down. Never one to sit back, Terry had so much that he wanted to achieve, and in the final years, as he was all too aware, there just wasn’t enough time. If I could speak to Terry again, I’d thank him for writing the books that are my greatest source of creative inspiration, and for the belief and encouragement he showed by giving me the fantastic opportunity to illustrate his writing. I’d thank him for the laughs and friendship we shared too. I remember snippets of our conversations about folklore, astronomy, gardening and recipes for nettle soup. We shared an affinity for the chalk downlands where we both lived for a time, the landscape seemed to exert a creative energy for us both. My dog and I tramped many of the ancient drove roads that traverse the grassy backbone of the downs, I knew well the wide skies, the far-reaching views and the leaping hare that he described. Blue butterflies, skylarks, soaring buzzards and harebells in the close-cropped turf were all observed on my walks, and many a flint and fossil weighted my pockets – including the shepherd’s crown“ (Paul Kidby). Schlagwörter: Fantasy, Illustrated books, Illustrierte Bücher, Nummerierte Bücher, Phantastik / Utopie, Signed books, Signierte Bücher, Vorzugsausgaben |
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Tolkien, J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel). The lord of the rings. I. The fellowship of the ring. – II. The two towers. – III. The return of the king. Second edition, fourth (and) third (III) impression. 3 volumes. London, Allen & Unwin (1968-1869). 8°. 423, (1) p.; 352 p.; 440 p. with 3 folded maps in black and red. Original dark red cloth, gilt lettered spines and illustrated dustjackets.
LKJ III, 547 f. – Eine der letzten Ausgaben in 1960er Jahren; die erste deutsche Übersetzung erschien ebenfalls erst 1969 bis 1970. – „In „Lord of the rings“ drückt sich eine Abneigung gegen die moderne Gesellschaft und eine Sehnsucht nach vorindustriellen Zuständen aus. So wird T. auch von seiner derzeit größten Anhängerschar, den Jugendlichen, begriffen, die ihren Überdruß am Bestehenden und ihre Sehnsucht nach Neuem von H. HESSE und T. am besten dargestellt sehen“ (W. Neumann in LKJ). – Schutzumschlag von Band III an den Gelenken geringfügig berieben, sehr gutes Exemplar. Schlagwörter: Fantasy, Phantastik / Utopie, Phantastische Literatur |
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