American Science Fiction: Five Classic Novels 1956-58 (Loa #228): Double Star / The Stars My Destination / A Case of Conscience / Who? / The Big Time

by Alfred Bester, Algis Budrys, Robert A. Heinlein, et al.

Book Overview

Following its acclaimed three-volume edition of the novels of science fiction master Philip K. Dick, The Library of America now presents a two-volume anthology of nine groundbreaking works from the golden age of the modern science fiction novel, works by turns satiric, adventurous, incisive, and hauntingly lyrical. Long unnoticed or dismissed by the literary establishment, these visionary "outsider" novels grappled in fresh ways with a world in rapid...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159853159X
• ISBN13: 9781598531596
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 950 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher