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A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. Price still on dust jacket. Bump to head and tail of book spine.
SYNOPSIS: “Re-reading the classics of science fiction and fantasy.
Award-winning author Jo Walton is, first and foremost, a reader – and a chronic re-reader. What Makes This Book So Great is a selection of the best of her musings about her prodigious reading habit.
Her many subjects include the question of what genre readers mean by ‘mainstream’; the field’s many approaches to time travel; the masterful science fiction of Samuel R Delany; Salman Rushdie’s Midnight’s Children; and a Robert A Heinlein novel you have certainly never read.
Ranging from acknowledged classics, to guilty pleasures, to forgotten oddities and gems, Jo Walton’s infectious, provocative and opinionated thoughts are never less than immensely engaging. Whether you are an inveterate reader of science fiction and fantasy, or a newby to the genre: if you love reading, this is a great book for you”
Packed weight 810gms. IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH.