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The man with the strange head and other early science fiction stories / Miles J. Breuer ; edited and with an introduction by Michael R. Page.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Breuer, Miles J. (Miles John), 1889-1945.
- Series:
- Bison frontiers of imagination.
- Bison frontiers of imagination
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Science fiction, American.
- Breuer, Miles J. (Miles John), 1889-1945--Correspondence.
- Breuer, Miles J.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (473 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Gathered here for the first time are Miles J. Breuer's first publication, "The Man with the Strange Head"; his neglected dystopian novel Paradise and Iron (appearing here in book form for the first time); stories such as "Gostak and the Doshes" and "Mechanocracy"; and Breuer's essay "The Future of Scientifiction," one of the early critical statements of the genre. Also included are some of the author's letters from the Discussions column of Amazing Stories.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Man with the Strange Head; The Appendix and the Spectacles; The Gostak and the Doshes; Paradise and Iron; A Problem in Communication; On Board the Martian Liner; Mechanocracy; The Finger of the Past; Millions for Defense; Mars Colonizes; The Oversight; Appendix 1: The Future of Scientifiction; Appendix 2: Selected Letters; Source Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9780803219311
- 0803219318
- OCLC:
- 298460494
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