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TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO
by Farmer, Philip Jose
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the front flap fold. A sharp, lovely copy. (15826)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the front flap fold. A sharp, lovely copy. (15826). Octavo, cloth. First book of the "Riverworld" series. Winner of the 1972 Hugo award for best novel. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-165. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1809-16.
Synopsis
To Your Scattered Bodies Go (1971) is a science fiction novel and the first book in the Riverworld series of books by Philip José Farmer. It won a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1972 at the 30th Worldcon. The title is derived from the 7th of the "Holy Sonnets" by English poet John Donne: At the round earth's imagin'd corners, blowYour trumpets, angels, and arise, ariseFrom death, you numberless infinitiesOf souls, and to your scattered bodies go.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15826
- Title
- TO YOUR SCATTERED BODIES GO
- Author
- Farmer, Philip Jose
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to the front flap fold. A sharp, lovely copy. (15826)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1971]
- Keywords
- SF . SF Award
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Rubbing
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