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Orphans of the Sky
by Heinlein, Robert A
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Red boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price clipped). Bookseller ticket of Christian Vigne, Bulawayo
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About This Item
London: Gollancz, 1963. First edition, preceding the American. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Red boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price clipped). Bookseller ticket of Christian Vigne, Bulawayo. First edition, preceding the American. 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Classic Heinlein, originlly published in Astounding. Uncommon.
Synopsis
‘The Proxima Centauri Expedition, sponsored by the Jordan Foundation in 2119, was the first recorded attempt to reach the nearer stars of this galaxy. Whatever its unhappy fate we can only conjecture...’ A whole society, complete with a strange, savage religion, superstitions, mutant outcasts, rigid class structures and an agricultural barter economy, hurtles through the void. It is an epic voyage whose purpose has been long forgotten. High Hoyland’s innate curiosity impels him to undertake his own voyage of discovery. But he doesn’t realize the implications of the truth about the Ship – his world – until it’s too late to turn back...
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 366244
- Title
- Orphans of the Sky
- Author
- Heinlein, Robert A
- Format/Binding
- 160 pp. 1 vols. 8vo
- Book Condition
- Used - Red boards. Fine in near fine dust jacket (price clipped). Bookseller ticket of Christian Vigne, Bulawayo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, preceding the American
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- American | Science Fiction / Fantasy | Popular Literature | Robert A. Heinlein
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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