The Pattern of Expectation 1644-2001
The Pattern of Expectation 1644-2001
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Details
- Author
- Clarke I. F. I[Gnatius] F[Rederick]
- Publishers
- London: Jonathan Cape, 1979
- Keyword
- Fantascienza Science Fiction
- Binding description
- H
- Dust jacket
- False
- State of preservation
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
8vo, black cloth, pp. [i-vi] vii-xi [xii] 1-344, illustrations, cloth. ex-library with usual stamps, labels and paste-downs. ow very good. First edition. A survey of the tale of the future and analysis of the many factors that have worked together to make the story of the future a dominant form of fiction-written for every kind of purpose, from the prophetic visions of H. G. Wells and the admonitory projections of Huxley and Orwell to the entertainments of the science-fictioneers.