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THE DIGGING LEVIATHAN ..
by Blaylock, James P
- Used
- Condition
- A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169455) (30084)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[Bath, Avon]: Morrigan Publications, 1988. First hardcover edition. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169455) (30084). Octavo, boards. "...the first volume of what may be called the Digging Leviathan world, is set in a modern Los Angeles, beneath which is a giant Underground sea (it may be the first Los Angeles novel to feature one, though it is certainly not the last), and some of whose inhabitants hope to penetrate the centre of the Hollow Earth, which serves as the primary venue for Zeuglodon (2012), where the entire inner reality may be the Invention of a man asleep, who may be a Secret Master, or who may not." - SFE online. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-133. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-37. Barron (ed), Fantasy Literature 4A-33. Pringle, Modern Fantasy: The Hundred Best Novels 86.
Synopsis
Winner of the World Fantasy Award and the Philip K. Dick Award, James P. Blaylock is the author of Winter Tides, All the Bells on Earth, Night Relics, The Paper Grail, The Last Coin, Land of Dreams, Homunculus , and The Digging Leviathan . He lives in Orange, California, where he is a creative writing instructor at Chapman University.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30084
- Title
- THE DIGGING LEVIATHAN ..
- Author
- Blaylock, James P
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169455) (30084)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First hardcover edition
- Publisher
- Morrigan Publications
- Place of Publication
- [Bath, Avon]
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Fantasy . SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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