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What Mad Universe
by Brown, Fredric
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New with No dust jacket as issued
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press. As New with No dust jacket as issued. 1986. Collector's Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full green leather, spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt lettering and decoration on cover, all edges gilt, printed endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smyth-sewn with concealed muslin joints. B&W illustrations by Frank Mayo. Introduction by James Gunn. Collector's Notes laid-in. Fredric Brown (1906-1972) was an American science fiction and mystery writer. His classic science fiction novel "What Mad Universe" (first published in 1949) is a parody of pulp Science Fiction story conventions. The novel functions both as a critique of its genre and a superior example of it. It may have provided a model for Philip K. Dick when he later created his own stories set in alternate personal realities. Ayn Rand singled out Brown for high praise in her book "The Romantic Manifesto." The famous pulp writer Mickey Spillane called Brown "my favorite writer of all time".. The former owner's special Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" bookplate is tipped-in on the fep, otherwise this is a pristine copy, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. FINE. . The Masterpieces of Science Fiction Series. B&W Plates. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 190 pp .
Synopsis
What Mad Universe is a science-fiction novel, written in 1949 by the American author, Fredric Brown.
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 24872
- Title
- What Mad Universe
- Author
- Brown, Fredric
- Illustrator
- Frank Mayo
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- New As New with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- Collector's Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1986
- Keywords
- Fiction;, Science Fiction, Leather, Fine Binding, Literature;, Illustrated Book
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
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Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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