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| Edward Bulwer-Lytton | Fyodor Dostoyevsky | Hermann Hesse | Aldous Huxley | Daniel Keyes | C. S. Lewis |
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Edward Bulwer-Lytton:
The Coming Race, or the New
Utopia
[fantasy, occult, utopia] John W.
Lovell Co. hardcover reprint, undated but ca. 1890 – a fantastic tale of
an Englishman who discovers a subterranean world inhabited by an
advanced race while exploring an abandoned mine shaft. The subterranean
race used a technology based on control of “vril,” a mysterious natural
energy. First published anonymously in 1871.
[FAIR] $4.99 |
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky:
Crime and
Punishment
[mystery, philosophy]
Modern Library paperback #P-1, 1955 – A desperate young man plans the
perfect crime: the murder of a pawnbroker, an old women no one loves and
no one will mourn. Is it not just, he reasons, for a man of genius to
commit such a crime, to transgress moral law if it will ultimately
benefit humanity? A fascinating detective thriller infused with
philosophical, religious and social commentary.
[VG] $4.99 |
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Hermann
Hesse: Magister Ludi
(a.k.a. The Glass Bead Game)
[spirituality, philosophy] Bantam paperback, 1972 – “This is Hesse’s last and
greatest work, which won for him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Described as ‘sublime’ by Thomas Mann, admired by André Gide and T. S.
Eliot, it is considered one of the important novels of the century.”
(publisher’s description) “Part romance,
part philosophical tract, part utopian fantasy...” – BOMC [G]
$4.99
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Aldous
Huxley: Eyeless in Gaza
[Fiction] Penguin Modern Classics
paperback, 1968 – This semi-autobiographical novel criticizes the dearth
of spiritual values in contemporary society. In non-chronological
fashion, the novel covers more than 30 years in the lives of a group of
upper-middle-class English friends. Taking its title from Milton’s
description of the blind Samson, it brilliantly explores the
intellectual conflicts of the first third of the 20th century.
[VG] $4.99 |
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Daniel Keyes: Flowers for
Algernon
[SF, psychology] Bantam paperback, 1968 – a
mentally challenged man undergoes an experimental treatment intended to
increase his intelligence. The experiment is successful, but the effects
are temporary. The novel was expanded from a short story that was first
published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 1959;
and it was the basis of the movie Charly
(1968). [VG]
$4.99 |
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George
Orwell:
Burmese Days
[novel]
Popular Library paperback #G214, 2nd printing, March 1951 – Orwell’s
first novel. “...a sharply satirical tale of England’s colonial
governing class at its best and worst extremes between which he sees
little distinction.” – San Francisco Chronicle; “...relentlessly
honest... a compelling book, one of the few novels arising from the
political ferment of the 1930s that are likely to survive their milieu.”
– The Nation
[G] $9.99 |
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