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by Aldiss, Brian W

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London: Faber and Faber, [1958]. First edition, first printing. A little foxing to edges of first few and last few leaves, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight rubs to the front corner tips. (28433). Octavo, boards. Signed by Aldiss on the title page. The author's first sf novel. Issued later with textual differences in the U.S. as STARSHIP (1959). "... a brilliant treatment of the generation starship and also the theme of conceptual breakthrough in a kind of spacegoing ruined-Earth society; it has become a classic of the field and in 2008 was awarded a retrospective British Science Fiction Association Award for best novel of 1958." - John Clute / David Pringle, SFE (online). Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-4. Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #25. Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 160.

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Bookseller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
28433
Title
NON-STOP
Author
Aldiss, Brian W
Book Condition
Used - A little foxing to edges of first few and last few leaves, a fine copy in a fine dust jacket with slight rubs to the front corne
Quantity Available
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Edition
First edition, first printing
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
[1958]
Keywords
SF . Signed

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