Turner, George.

IMAGE BELOVED SON.

London: Faber and Faber, 1978.

First Edition. Hardcover. Turner, George. IMAGE BELOVED SON. London: Faber and Faber, 1978. First Edition. 8vo., viii, 376pp. Gilt lettered Light blue cloth. A fine example in like dustwrapper designed by Dave Griffiths. First Science Fiction novel in the Ethical Culture trilogy by the Miles Franklin Award Winner who turned, at the age of 62, from writing realistic regional novels to science fiction, becoming the doyen of Australian science fiction writers & critics. "The Australian George Turner joins a handful of writers - like Stanislaw Lem and J. G. Ballard - whose works transcend national and genre boundaries and deserve to be known by readers who would not ordinarily pick up a book labeled science fiction." - New York Times Book Review. The author's first book. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-461.

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