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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
J P Tarcher
Publication date
July 10, 2014
Pages
289
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780399168840
ISBN-10
0399168842
Dimensions
1 by 5.50 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.68 lbs.
Original list price
$16.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Now in paperback, the rollicking, critically acclaimed true story of the legendary writer and editor who ruled over America's sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century: Ray Palmer. A finalist for the 2014 Locus Award in nonfiction.
"Palmer could not have asked for a more sympathetic chronicler, or a better one, than Fred Nadis. His prose and his pronouncements are everything Palmer's practically never were: restrained, nuanced, intelligently considered. Nadis has a great story, and he relates it exquisitely."
--Jerome Clark, Fortean TimesÂ
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"Fred Nadis's insightful biography demonstrates that Palmer is significant as well as intriguing." --Michael Saler, The Washington Post
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"One of science fiction's greatest gadflies gets his due in this lively and entertaining biography." --Publishers Weekly
"The sci-fi pulps made a lasting imprint, as Fred Nadis shows in his entertaining "The Man From Mars"...Mr. Nadis does not take sides in what was once a civil war among the fans but reminds them that there was more than one mighty editor back in the Golden Age."
-Tom Shippey, Wall Street Journal
"The Man From Mars is smart and engrossing, and it expands our understanding of the nuts and carnival barkers who have done so much to cultivate America's homegrown mythology."
--Jesse Walker, The American Conservative
"Lucidly written and unfailingly lively, The Man from Mars is a biography worthy of its subject." --Fate magazine
"Palmer could not have asked for a more sympathetic chronicler, or a better one, than Fred Nadis. His prose and his pronouncements are everything Palmer's practically never were: restrained, nuanced, intelligently considered. Nadis has a great story, and he relates it exquisitely."
--Jerome Clark, Fortean TimesÂ
Â
"Fred Nadis's insightful biography demonstrates that Palmer is significant as well as intriguing." --Michael Saler, The Washington Post
Â
"One of science fiction's greatest gadflies gets his due in this lively and entertaining biography." --Publishers Weekly
"The sci-fi pulps made a lasting imprint, as Fred Nadis shows in his entertaining "The Man From Mars"...Mr. Nadis does not take sides in what was once a civil war among the fans but reminds them that there was more than one mighty editor back in the Golden Age."
-Tom Shippey, Wall Street Journal
"The Man From Mars is smart and engrossing, and it expands our understanding of the nuts and carnival barkers who have done so much to cultivate America's homegrown mythology."
--Jesse Walker, The American Conservative
"Lucidly written and unfailingly lively, The Man from Mars is a biography worthy of its subject." --Fate magazine
Editions
Hardcover
from J P Tarcher (June 13, 2013)
9780399160547 | details & prices | 289 pages | 6.50 × 9.50 × 1.00 in. | 1.10 lbs | List price $28.95
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from J P Tarcher (July 10, 2014)
9780399168840 | details & prices | 289 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.68 lbs | List price $16.95
About: Now in paperback, the rollicking, critically acclaimed true story of the legendary writer and editor who ruled over America's sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century: Ray Palmer.
About: Now in paperback, the rollicking, critically acclaimed true story of the legendary writer and editor who ruled over America's sci-fi, fantasy, and supernatural pulp journals in the mid-twentieth century: Ray Palmer.
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