Over the years since 1965, Algis Budrys has emerged as the leading critic of mod ern speculative fiction: insightful, ec lectic, and notoriously uninhibited. Benchmarks collects the material that started it--all 54 Galaxy Bookshelf book-review columns Budrys created for the now-vanished Galaxy Magazine. Writ ten for what was then the world's leading SF periodical, these legendary summa tions and summary judgments coincided with the period when newsstand-borne science fiction and fantasy were evolving from pulp toward ...
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Over the years since 1965, Algis Budrys has emerged as the leading critic of mod ern speculative fiction: insightful, ec lectic, and notoriously uninhibited. Benchmarks collects the material that started it--all 54 Galaxy Bookshelf book-review columns Budrys created for the now-vanished Galaxy Magazine. Writ ten for what was then the world's leading SF periodical, these legendary summa tions and summary judgments coincided with the period when newsstand-borne science fiction and fantasy were evolving from pulp toward literature. Budrys' Galaxy reviews trace an incisive, some times wickedly acerb path through that sparsely charted literary territory. Budrys defines his standards and his function in his own words: "A book should he good. A bird should fly. "Writers of imperfect, tousled books should be made aware that standards of breeding and grooming exist. I strive to fulfill that function."
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Add this copy of Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf to cart. $23.00, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Atlanta rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austell, GA, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Southern Illinois University Press.
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Dust jacket in good condition. First edition, first printing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards show signs of shelf wear. All pages are intact, binding is sound. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
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Very Good in Very Good- jacket. Size: 5x1x8; Southern Illinois University Press, 1985; First Printing with full number line; xxvi, 349pp. Binding is tight, sturdy, and square; very minor wear to edges of tan cloth boards, red titling remains bold; text very good. Minor wear to edges of unclipped dust jacket, very light rubbing to front panel; light sticker ghost on front flap; jacket arrives wrapped in protective mylar. Ships same or next business day from Dinkytown in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Add this copy of Benchmarks: Galaxy Bookshelf to cart. $200.00, new condition, Sold by Half Moon Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from High Falls, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1985 by Southern Illinois University Pre.
