Author: Algis Budrys
Title: The Unexpected Dimension
Description: London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1962 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first UK edition of collected science-fiction short stories written by Algis Budrys, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. The first UK and first hardcover edition. First published in paperback form in the US in 1960.With the original, unclipped Gollancz dust wrapper. Written by Prussian-American author and editor, Algis Budrys, who was known as one of the leading figures in the science-fiction genre in the 1950s. Described as "A thoughtful collection"in Neil Barron's 'Anatomy of Wonder' (3-39), this work contains three short novels and four short stories, previously appearing in various science-fiction magazines between 1954 and 1959. Comprised of 'The End of Summer', 'The Distant Sound of Engines', 'Never Meet Again', 'The Burning World', 'First to Serve', 'Go and Behold Them' and 'The Executioner&apos. With classic science-fiction themes of time-travel, robots and immortality, Budrys' presents a variety of moods through these tales, from humour to tragedy. Bound in the publisher's original red cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, lovely, with light shelf wear only. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and sunning to the spine and extremities. The odd mark to wraps. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.

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