Comments on: American Science Fiction: Nine Classic Novels of the 1950s from the Library of America

By: Scott Laz

Scott Laz — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:16:21 +0000

I hope all your Christmas wishes come true!

By: Jeremy F

Jeremy F — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 03:59:30 +0000

Wow. That looks amazing. You’re absolutely right, it is so much fun to nit pick the choices

By: icowrich

icowrich — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 00:53:22 +0000

That’s an absolutely gorgeous set. At $5 per novel, it’s a steal. It just went on my Amazon wish list.

By: Dave Post

Dave Post — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:47:34 +0000

Thanks, Scott, for posting this! I saw these at a vendor table at WorldCon and they really are spectacular. To hold them is to want them! I had to pass at the time for space and weight considerations – I already had ~20 books in my suitcase and these are wicked heavy – but I’m asking Santa to help me out. Fingers crossed. Dusty, you might ask Father Christmas for a set, yourself.

Being part of the LoA library should win these books some new readers and perhaps some new converts to SF.

By: dustydigger

dustydigger — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:25:02 +0000

I have been looking longingly at this set. I had set out to read early classic science fiction,but,being limited to what my library has, I was disconcerted to find that very few were available to me. The Long Tomorrow, A Case of Conscience, Who?, Double Star and The Big Time are all books I would love to read. Perhaps if I wait a couple of years, the costs will come down, and I will be able to read these classic works in this set.

I took your point about Library of America’s publishing of these books can only redound well among the literati who may have despised these works, but find at least some legitimising from this publication. At least I hope so!.