A coming-of-old-age novel from the Hugo Award-winning author of When Gravity Falls . "Engaging . . . spry, inventive, and often quite funny" ( Kirkus Reviews ). In HEROICS, Irene--like everyone in the future--struggles with boredom. Food, clothing, and all the necessities of human life have been taken care of. But, what does that leave of life itself? At eighty-two, Irene sets out on a pilgrimage across America hoping to find the answer. Along the way, she becomes transformed, both physically and by her interactions ...
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A coming-of-old-age novel from the Hugo Award-winning author of When Gravity Falls . "Engaging . . . spry, inventive, and often quite funny" ( Kirkus Reviews ). In HEROICS, Irene--like everyone in the future--struggles with boredom. Food, clothing, and all the necessities of human life have been taken care of. But, what does that leave of life itself? At eighty-two, Irene sets out on a pilgrimage across America hoping to find the answer. Along the way, she becomes transformed, both physically and by her interactions with other civilians all trying to cope with this new world. Filled with wry humor and fantastic symbolism, HEROICS mixes adventure and philosophy in a way both engrossing and entertaining. Of this book, friend and fellow writer Harlan Ellsion said, "It is the best Effinger yet...and for those of us who have been watching with amazement that is about as rich a compliment as you can expect from other envious authors. Damn him, he's good!" George Alec Effinger was a true master of satirical Science Fiction. Before his death in 2002, Effinger was a prolific novelist and short story writer, earning acclaim from his fans and peers, including a Nebula Award nomination for his first book WHAT ENTROPHY MEANS TO ME. In HEROICS, he revisits some of the themes and characters of that first book for startling, funny and poignant results.
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Garden City NY, Doubleday, 1979, hardcover, 181 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine end wear, light remainder spray to bottom edge of text block. Dustjacket unclipped with original price, light rubs, two short closed edge tears, in new Brodart sleeve. Set in a semi-utopian future, an old woman's quest is aided and complicated by the return of Glorian, a character from the author's first novel What Entropy Means to Me, which was nominated for a Nebula award.
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Very Good. First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. Good dust jacket. Review copy card laid in. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. (Science Fiction)
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Friedman, Gary. NF/NF. 181 p 1st edition hardcover from Doubleday, 1979. SIGNED W/BRIEF INSCRIPTION BY GEORGE ALEC EFFINGER! NEAR FINE IN NEAR FINE DJ, A REVIEW COPY W/SLIP LAID IN. Gary Friedman jacket art.
