GNOME PRESS LOST CONTINENTS by L Spraque De Camp (Hardcover)

CONDITION GOOD, SLIGHT CHIP ON DUST JACKET ON SPINE
AUTHOR: L SPRAQUE DE CAMP

CATEGORY SCIENCE FICTION

PUBLISHER GNOME PRESS 1ST EDITION 1954, 3000 COPIES

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

A DETAILED EXAMINATION OF THEORIES & SPECULATIONS ON ATLANTIS & OTHER LOST LANDS, INCLUDING THE SCIENTIFIC ARGUMENTS AGAINST THEIR EXISTENCE.