Midsummer century

James Blish

earliest edition we have, 1972 Arrow Books, 1975 paperback 106 pages

This strange science fiction novel is not very well known but it is still one of the most interesting and mind boggling science fiction novels that I have ever read. It mixes the paranormal with science fiction and stretches the limits of ones imagination without becoming implausible or scientifically unacceptable. I first read this novel in Swedish when I was young and more recently in English. The Swedish title was...

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Editions we hold

Midsummer Century edition · 2011 · Orion Publishing Group, Limited · 9780575104136
A Era das Aves paperback · 1995 · Livros do Brasil · 9789723814361
Midsummer century paperback · 1975 · Arrow Books · 106 pages · 9780099097204
Zeit der Vögel. paperback · 1974 · 9783453302587
Midsummer century edition · 1973 · Faber · 106 pages
Midsummer Century edition · 1972 · Doubleday · 9780385016278

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