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Engine Summer
Signed first edition, 1979
Engine Summer (1979) is a post-apocalyptic novel set far in the future after a vaguely described collapse referred to only as "the Storm," the catastrophic end of the technological civilization the novel calls "the angels." What remains is a small, gentle community called Little Belaire, organized around oral tradition, communal memory, and a practice of truth-telling so refined it has become almost a spiritual discipline. The novel follows Rush that Speaks, a young man who leaves Little Belaire in search of a girl he loves and in doing so encounters the remnants of the vanished world.
Engine Summer was nominated for the National Book Award in 1980 in the category of hardcover science fiction, the only year that category was offered. Crowley is better known for his fantasy novel Little, Big (1981), published two years after this one. David Pringle called Engine Summer "one of the most unusual and rewarding of all modern sf novels.
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, boards. New York: Doubleday, 1979. National Book Award for Science Fiction Hardcover nominee (1980). John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee (1980). British Fantasy Award nominee (1980). ISBN: 0385128312. #11446.
Fine in fine dust jacket.
Engine Summer was nominated for the National Book Award in 1980 in the category of hardcover science fiction, the only year that category was offered. Crowley is better known for his fantasy novel Little, Big (1981), published two years after this one. David Pringle called Engine Summer "one of the most unusual and rewarding of all modern sf novels.
Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, boards. New York: Doubleday, 1979. National Book Award for Science Fiction Hardcover nominee (1980). John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee (1980). British Fantasy Award nominee (1980). ISBN: 0385128312. #11446.
Fine in fine dust jacket.