{"product_id":"american-science-fiction-eight-classic-novels-of-the-1960s-boxed-set-the-high-crusade-way-station-flowers-for-algernon-and-call-me-conra-9781598536355","title":"American Science Fiction: Eight Classic Novels of the 1960s (Boxed Set): The High Crusade \/ Way Station \/ Flowers for Algernon \/ ... and Call Me Conra","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn a deluxe two-volume collector's edition boxed set, eight mind-bending novels from science fiction's most transformative decade, including the landmark classic \u003ci\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe tumultuous 1960s was a watershed decade for American science fiction. As the nation raced to the moon, acknowledged masters from the genre's golden age reached the height of their powers. As it confronted calls for civil rights and countercultural revolution, a new wave of brilliant young voices emerged, upending the genre's pulp conventions with newfound literary sophistication; female, queer, and nonwhite authors broke into the ranks of SF writers, introducing provocative new protagonists and themes. Here, in a deluxe, two-volume collector's set, editor Gary K. Wolfe gathers eight wildly inventive novels, the decade's best: Daniel Keyes' beloved \u003ci\u003eFlowers for Algernon\u003c\/i\u003e and Poul Anderson's madcap \u003ci\u003eThe High Crusade\u003c\/i\u003e; Clifford D. Simak's Hugo Award-winning \u003ci\u003eWay Station\u003c\/i\u003e; Roger Zelazny's post-apocalyptic \u003ci\u003e. . . And Call Me Conrad\u003c\/i\u003e (previously published as \u003ci\u003eThis Immortal\u003c\/i\u003e); Joanna Russ' \u003ci\u003ePicnic on Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e, a pioneering work of feminist SF, and Samuel R. Delany's proto-cyberpunk space opera \u003ci\u003eNova\u003c\/i\u003e; R.A. Lafferty's quirky, neglected, utterly original \u003ci\u003ePast Master\u003c\/i\u003e; and Jack Vance's haunting \u003ci\u003eEmphyrio\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGary K. Wolfe\u003c\/b\u003e is Emeritus Professor of Humanities at Roosevelt University and the author, most recently, of \u003ci\u003eEvaporating Genres: Essays on Fantastic Literature and Sightings: Reviews 2002-2006\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received numerous awards for his critical writing including the British Science Fiction Association Award, the Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association, the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts, and the World Fantasy Award. He writes regular review columns for \u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-hosts with Jonathan Strahan the Hugo-nominated \u003ci\u003eCoode Street Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Library of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50676585693458,"sku":"9781598536355","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_167ffa0b-52ab-4964-949c-7141e8b973a7.jpg?v=1733883182","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-science-fiction-eight-classic-novels-of-the-1960s-boxed-set-the-high-crusade-way-station-flowers-for-algernon-and-call-me-conra-9781598536355","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}