Ace Books Inc., New York
The Preserving Machine
Regular price
$50.00 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$50.00 USD
Unit price
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Title: The Preserving Machine
Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Ace Books Inc., New York
Published: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st edition
Number of Pages: 314
Catalogs: Science Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
Description: First hardcover Book Club Edition, published after the first edition, which was in paperback. Original pale gray binding with green text on spine. Green and white dust-jacket with photographic illustration in good condition, with some rubbing and color loss at edges, hinges, and across the back. Binding corners are sharp, spine ends are lightly crushed. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is a collection of science fiction stories, including "The Preserving Machine", "War Game", "Upon the Dull Earth", "Roog", "War Veteran", "Top Stand-By Job", "Beyond Lies the Wub", "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", "Captive Market", "If There Were No Benny Cemoli", "Retreat Syndrome", "The Crawlers", "Oh, to be a Blobel!", "What the Dead Men Say", and "Pay for the Printer." Philip Kindred Dick (1928-1982) was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. Hardcover, very good condition. 314 pages, octavo.
Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Ace Books Inc., New York
Published: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Edition: 1st edition
Number of Pages: 314
Catalogs: Science Fiction, Literature, Short Stories
Description: First hardcover Book Club Edition, published after the first edition, which was in paperback. Original pale gray binding with green text on spine. Green and white dust-jacket with photographic illustration in good condition, with some rubbing and color loss at edges, hinges, and across the back. Binding corners are sharp, spine ends are lightly crushed. Pages are clean and unmarked. This is a collection of science fiction stories, including "The Preserving Machine", "War Game", "Upon the Dull Earth", "Roog", "War Veteran", "Top Stand-By Job", "Beyond Lies the Wub", "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale", "Captive Market", "If There Were No Benny Cemoli", "Retreat Syndrome", "The Crawlers", "Oh, to be a Blobel!", "What the Dead Men Say", and "Pay for the Printer." Philip Kindred Dick (1928-1982) was an American science fiction short story writer and novelist. He wrote 45 novels and about 121 short stories, most of which appeared in science fiction magazines. His fiction explored varied philosophical and social questions such as the nature of reality, perception, human nature, and identity, and commonly featured characters struggling against alternate realities, illusory environments, monopolistic corporations, drug abuse, authoritarian governments, and altered states of consciousness. Hardcover, very good condition. 314 pages, octavo.
