{"product_id":"9781598535013","title":"American Science Fiction: Four Classic Novels 1960-1966 (LOA #321): The High Crusade \/ Way Station \/ Flowers for Algernon \/ . . . And Call Me Conrad","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eWolfe, Gary K.; Anderson, Poul; Simak, Clifford D.; Keyes, Daniel; Zelazny, Roger\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eLibrary of America\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11\/5\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn a deluxe collector’s edition, four classic science fiction novels from the genre’s most transformative decade—including the landmark \u003ci\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume, the first of a two-volume set gathering the best American science fiction from the tumultuous 1960s, opens with Poul Anderson’s immensely popular \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe High Crusade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, in which aliens planning to conquer Earth land in Lincolnshire during the Hundred Years’ War.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn Clifford Simak’s Hugo Award-winning \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWay Station\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, Enoch Wallace is a spry 124-year-old Civil War veteran whose lifelong job monitoring the intergalactic pit stop inside his home is largely uneventful—until a CIA agent shows up and Cold War hostilities threaten the peaceful harmony of the Galactic confederation.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eDaniel Keyes’s beloved \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e—winner of the Nebula Award and adapted as the Academy Award-winning movie \u003ci\u003eCharly\u003c\/i\u003e—is told through the journal entries of Charlie Gordon, a young man with severe learning disabilities who is the test subject for surgery to improve his intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnd in the postapocalyptic earthscape of Roger Zelazny’s Hugo Award-winning \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e. . . And Call Me Conrad\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e(also published as \u003ci\u003eThis Immortal\u003c\/i\u003e) Conrad Nomikos reluctantly accepts the responsibility of showing the planet to the governing extraterrestrials’ representative and protecting him from rebellious remnants of the human race. Using early manuscripts and original setting copy, this Library of America volume restores the novel to a version that most closely approximates Zelazny’s original text.","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42966959194367,"sku":"9781598535013","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781598535013_s600x595.jpg?v=1775598977","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781598535013","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}