R Is for Rocket [and] S Is for Space (Signed limited editions) [with] Forever and the Earth (First edition)
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- SIGNED
- [Hornsea, East Yorkshire]: PS Publishing, 2005
[Hornsea, East Yorkshire]: PS Publishing, 2005. Signed limited editions. Fine/Fine. One of a hundred slipcased sets, with both R Is for Rocket and S Is for Space signed by Ray Bradbury and the editors (Ray Harryhausen and Michael Marshall Smith signed R Is for Rocket; Arthur C. Clarke and Tim Powers signed S Is for Space). Forever and the Earth: Yesterday and Tomorrow Tales is a first edition and unsigned, as issued. A Fine set in like dust jackets, housed in the Fine publisher's slipcase.
R Is for Rocket (1962) and S Is For Space (1966) are two collections of Bradbury's short stories selected for young readers. They are here presented with new introductions and conclusions, most notably an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008), who wrote the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction authors alongside Heinlein and Asimov. Clarke's heartfelt introduction, titled "The Bradbury Chronicles," reflects on his fifty-year friendship with Bradbury and their shared passions for writing, technology, and space travel.
Of this edition, one hundred slipcased sets, two hundred individual slipcased hardcovers, and five hundred individual unsigned trade hardcovers were issued. Forever and the Earth, which collects eleven stories that were intended for inclusion in S Is For Space before being cut, was only issued as part of this slipcased set. The titular story tells the tale of Thomas Wolfe, the real-life author of Look Homeward, Angel, as he is ripped from his deathbed and across time by Henry William Field, a failed author of the 23rd century, and tasked with a daunting mission: capturing the grandeur of space and man's conquering of the stars in words. Fine in Fine dust jacket.
R Is for Rocket (1962) and S Is For Space (1966) are two collections of Bradbury's short stories selected for young readers. They are here presented with new introductions and conclusions, most notably an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke (1917 – 2008), who wrote the screenplay for Stanley Kubrick's iconic film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) and was considered one of the "Big Three" science-fiction authors alongside Heinlein and Asimov. Clarke's heartfelt introduction, titled "The Bradbury Chronicles," reflects on his fifty-year friendship with Bradbury and their shared passions for writing, technology, and space travel.
Of this edition, one hundred slipcased sets, two hundred individual slipcased hardcovers, and five hundred individual unsigned trade hardcovers were issued. Forever and the Earth, which collects eleven stories that were intended for inclusion in S Is For Space before being cut, was only issued as part of this slipcased set. The titular story tells the tale of Thomas Wolfe, the real-life author of Look Homeward, Angel, as he is ripped from his deathbed and across time by Henry William Field, a failed author of the 23rd century, and tasked with a daunting mission: capturing the grandeur of space and man's conquering of the stars in words. Fine in Fine dust jacket.