Fury
by Kuttner, Henry
Under the roiling seas of Venus, under the deadly atmosphere are the Keeps, fully enclosed cities, and within them live the descendants of those survivors who used that atomic energy to propel the spaceships which first took them to Venus. In the massive superstructures that were built under the Venusian seas a complex feudal society devoted to decadence has evolved. Presiding over that society are the Immortals - genetic throwbacks to the mutant atomic survivors - who control the culture. This is a stable society but the stability will lead only to its destruction; the environment of Venus outside the Keeps is malevolent and it is encroaching. Into this society is born Sam Harker, the son of an Immortal whose human mother perishes in childbirth. The object of his father's hatred and disdain, Sam Harker is subjected to treatments which stunt his growth and render him hairless, then exiled from the society of Immortals to lead a tumultuous, rebel's life, one inspired by his hatred and desire for vengeance upon that society which exiled him. Sam wants revenge, he wants to destroy the society which has made him an outcast. His search for revenge and his great abilities make him more powerful than the decadent residents of the Keeps, even more powerful than the Immortals. As Sam becomes a politician appealing to the masses in his search for power, his campaign assaults the society itself that society becomes at risk. In the aftermath of destruction, the reclamation of human destiny becomes possible if humanity is forced to leave the Keeps.In unpublished correspondence with Sam Moskowitz in the l960's, in relation to Moskowitz's Seekers of Tomorrow, a collection of biographies of major science fiction writers, C.L. Moore wrote that Fury came about because John Campbell, the editor of Astounding, wanted a novel from the Kuttners and insisted upon its immediate delivery. The novel was scheduled and written so quickly Moore said, that the first part (of a three part serial) was in print before they had completed the final installment. The novel was half-written before the Kuttners themselves truly understood its plot and characters. Paradoxically, this urgency and improvisation led to a novel with great spontaneity, with high-wire intensity and unpredictability and Fury has been acclaimed as perhaps the only novel at the level of the great Kuttner and Moore short stories which dominated Astounding in the l940's. (Mutant, also published by Rosetta), is also highly regarded but that latter work was assembled from five self-standing novelettes spaced over a more considerable period.) The influence of Fury upon other writers is evident; much of the decadence of John Brunner's, Robert Silveberg's, Brian Aldiss's and Philip K.Dick's projected human societies in their fiction of the l960's was foreshadowed by the Kuttners.
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by Henry Kuttner
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NY: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. [1st printing thus](1950) Dj art is uncredited. Dj has been wet and is mostly mildly stained with tears and small losses and tape on reverse; minor evidence of wet inside covers on patedowns; bookplate on ffep; several dates in pen inside rear cover and on facing endpage.. Hardcover. Very Good-/Good-. Item Price
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Fury
by Kuttner, Henry; [foreword by] Conklin, Groff
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 12mo; VG-/G; pp 186; black/green pictorial spine with beige text; first edition; dust jacket exterior shows some soiling to rear; few closed chips to edges; mylar wrap; green cloth has very mild wear to exterior; dark green text to spine; strong boards; text block exterior edges shows modest age… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. 186pp. Green cloth stamped in darker green on the front and the spine, top edge stained green. The author's first science fiction novel. Light toning to endpapers. A fine copy in near fine dustjacket with a faint crease to the front panel and a faint stain to the verso of… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Dennis Dobson, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Bottom corners bumped, near fine in price-clipped near fine dust jacket with a tiny chip on the front panel. Item Price
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Fury
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Fury
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London: Dennis Dobson. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. (1954). Hardcover. 0234776447 . No signatures. Some rubbing to ends of spine. Some off-setting to endpapers. 3/4" x 1/2" tear to tail of dust wrapper spine. 1" tear to tail of rear panel of dust wrapper. 1/2" x 3/8" chip to tail of rear fold of dust wrapper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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FURY
by HENRY KUTTNER
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Fury (1954)
by Kuttner, Henry
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Dennis Dobson LTD, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 1954, first U.K. edition. 186 pages. Maroon hardcover with gilt spine titles, very good+ with lightly bumped spine tips. Spine square. Binding sound. Dust jacket very good in Mylar, with light scuffing to rear panel and very light general edgewear. Foxed to top and fore-edge of textblock. Interior… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fury (aka Destination: Universe)
by Kuttner, Henry (with C.L. Moore) / Lewis Padgett
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New York: Prestige Magnum Books # 75413 1st Printing undated circa , 1980 ----------paperback. Author is stated as Kuttner, but wife Moore shared in the writing. Covers rubbed, corner crease, edgewear, former owner name stamp inside front cover, a VG copy.. .. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Note: our prices on Biblio are the LOWEST of… Read more about this item Item Price
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FURY [later re-issued under the title DESTINATION INFINITY]
by Kuttner, Henry
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Grosset & Dunlap [1950], New York, 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Acceptable Hardcover, NO DJ. Text is clean and unmarked. Some staining/blemishing on page edges and margins. Covers show edge wear with rubbing/scuffing. Binding is tight, hinges strong. Previous owner's name on end paper.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Item Price
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Fury
by Kuttner, Henry
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London: Gollancz, 2000. Book. Fine. Trade Paperback. First Edition/First Printing. A square solid tight clean carefully read copy. French wraps THIS COPY IS IN MY POSSESSION AND NORMALLY SHIPS NEXT DAY.. Item Price
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First edition first printing of this stand alone fantasy thriller. On the rear panel of the dustjacket it lists 18 titles by Erle Stanley Gardner The D.A. Takes the Chance being the latest I see in 1948. The edges of the dustjacket have several tiny chips and tears. In very good / very good condition. Item Price
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