MAN PLUS
by Pohl, Frederik
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Cheap pulp paper text block tanned, as is usually the case, thin strip of tanning to board edges, lower corners gently bruised,
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Random House, [1976]. First edition. Cheap pulp paper text block tanned, as is usually the case, thin strip of tanning to board edges, lower corners gently bruised, a nearly fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (31016). Octavo, boards. An astronaut is surgically "rebuilt" to enable him to stay alive, without external artificial aids, on the surface of the planet Mars. Winner of the 1976 Nebula award. 1977 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-862. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 82. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1328-32.
Synopsis
Man Plus is a 1976 science fiction novel by Frederik Pohl. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1976 and was nominated for the Hugo, Campbell, and Locus Awards in 1977. Pohl teamed up with Thomas T. Thomas to write a sequel, Mars Plus, published in 1994.
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Details
- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 31016
- Title
- MAN PLUS
- Author
- Pohl, Frederik
- Book Condition
- Used - Cheap pulp paper text block tanned, as is usually the case, thin strip of tanning to board edges, lower corners gently bruised,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1976]
- Keywords
- SF Award . SF
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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