EDITED BY ISAAC ASIMOV, George R.R. Martin and Martin H. Greenberg [Frederik Pohl; Robert Silverberg].
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book.
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc , 1983.
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First Edition of The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book; Signed by Legendary Science-Fiction Writers George R.R. Martin, Frederik Pohl, and Robert Silverberg
First edition of this anthology of fifteen short stories and novellas from legendary science-fiction authors. Octavo, original publisher's half-cloth. Boldly signed by Frederik Pohl on the half-title page, George R.R. Martin on the title page, and Robert Silverberg on page 57 of his short story. George Raymond Richard Martin (born 1948), Frederik George Pohl Jr. and Robert Silverberg represent three generations of American science fiction writing whose collective output spans virtually the entire modern history of the genre. Pohl was among the most consequential figures in science fiction as both writer and editor — co-authoring with C.M. Kornbluth the landmark satirical novel The Space Merchants (1953), editing Galaxy Science Fiction and If magazines during their most influential years, winning the Hugo Award for Best Novel for Gateway (1977), and becoming only the third person ever named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Silverberg, whose productivity across six decades generated more than five hundred books, won five Nebula Awards and five Hugo Awards and was himself named a Grand Master — producing in works like Dying Inside (1972) a body of literary science fiction that consistently tested the boundaries of what the genre could achieve. Martin, whose early career was built on award-winning short fiction including the Nebula and Hugo Award-winning "Sandkings" (1979) before his long-form ambitions found their fullest expression in A Song of Ice and Fire, has consistently acknowledged both Pohl and Silverberg as foundational influences. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Edited by Isaac Asimov, George R.R. Martin, and Martin H. Greenberg. Jacket design by Janet Halverson. Rare and desirable signed.
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book (1983) is an anthology edited by three figures whose combined editorial and creative authority in the science fiction field was virtually unmatched at the time of publication: Isaac Asimov, one of the genre's founding giants and the author of more than five hundred books; George R.R. Martin, then an established short story writer and novelist years before the global fame that A Song of Ice and Fire would bring; and Martin H. Greenberg, the most prolific anthologist in the history of science fiction, who edited or co-edited more than a thousand volumes during his career. At first glance an implausible anthology premise, the collection gathers fifteen stories ranging from H.G. Wells to the contemporary era, examining obesity in all its ghastly guises — from Frederik Pohl's celebrated tale of a chronically over-productive world in which poverty means endless grinding consumption, to Jack Vance's space station where the grossly overweight float free of gravity and social restraint, to Stephen King's "Quitters, Inc.," which tells how to give up smoking and lose weight — or else. Additional contributors include R.A. Lafferty, Robert Silverberg, William Tenn, Kit Reed, and T. Coraghessan Boyle, with Asimov's introductory essay setting the thematic and tonal framework for the collection. Kirkus Reviews called it a deliciously varied and diverting set of yarns.
The Science Fiction Weight-Loss Book.
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