GNOME PRESS. CITY BY CLIFFORD SIMAK ,HARDBACK

CONDITION GOOD
AUTHOR:  CLIFFORD SIMAK

CATEGORY SCIENCE FICTION

PUBLISHER  GNOME PRESS 1ST EDITION 1952

GNOME PRESS

AN AMERICAN SMALL PRESS PUBLISHING COMPANY KNOWN FOR PUBLISHING MANY SCIENCE FICTION CLASSICS.  GNOME WAS ONE OF THE MOST EMINENT OF THE FAN PUBLISHERS OF SCIENCE FICTION PRODUCING 86 TITLES IN ITS LIFESPAN.  GNOME HELPED TO TRANSITION SCIENCE FICTION FROM MAGAZINE PHENOMENON TO MASS MARKET PUBLISHING BUT PROVED TO BE TO UNDERFUNDED TO MAKE THE LEAP FROM FAN BASED PUBLISHING TO THE PROFESSIONAL LEVEL.  AFTER 10 YEARS IT FADED DUE TO ITS INABILITY TO COMPETE WITH MAJOR PUBLISHERS.

SYNOPSIS 

8 LINKED SHORT STORIES ALL ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN "ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION" THE STORY OF ONE FAMILY FOR THE NEXT 10000 YEARS.  IT IS A FUTURE HISTORY OF MAN AND HIS FRIENDS, VAST IN SCOPE AND RICHLY UNDERSTANDING.  WINNER OF THE 1953 INTERNATIONAL FANTASY AWARD.