The Caves of Steel.
by Asimov, Isaac
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1954. One of the classic presentations of the womb-city, metropolis as mother, which has haunted imaginations ever since... The Caves of Steel and The Naked Sun are the best books Isaac Asimov ever wrote" (The Guardian). In 2004 The Caves of Steel was nominated for a retroactive Hugo Award for Best Novel for 1954. A television adaptation was made by the BBC and shown in 1964: only a few short excerpts still exist. In 1989, the book was adapted by Bert Coules as a radio play for the BBC, with Ed Bishop as Elijah Baley and Sam Dastor as R. Daneel Olivaw.
Synopsis
The Caves of Steel is a novel by Isaac Asimov. It is essentially a detective story, and illustrates an idea Asimov advocated, that science fiction is a flavor that can be applied to any literary genre, rather than a limited genre itself. Specifically, in the book Asimov's Mysteries, he claims that he wrote the novel in response to the claim by editor John W. Campbell that mystery and science fiction were incompatible genres.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39015
- Title
- The Caves of Steel.
- Author
- Asimov, Isaac
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1954
- Keywords
- Caves of Steel First Edition, Caves of Steel Signed First Edition, Isaac Asimov First Edition Signed
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- Literature;
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Raptis Rare Books
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About Raptis Rare Books
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