by John wyndham | lucas parkes
The Outward Urge
1959
$151.00
First edition of The Outward Urge by John Wyndham.(1959)
First impression
In VG condition, there are some minor tape marks to rear endpaper, no other internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. The jacket is in excellent condition.
About
The Outward Urge is a science fiction fix-up novel by British writer John Wyndham. It was originally published with four chapters in 1959. A fifth chapter, originally published in 1961 as the separate short story "The Emptiness of Space", was included in later versions.
The novel is a future history, set from 1994 to 2194. It tells the story, with chapters at 50-year intervals, of the exploration of the Solar System, with space stations in Earth orbit, then Moon bases, and landings on Mars in 2094, Venus in 2144, and the asteroids. This is told through the Troon family, several members of which play an important part in the exploration of space, since they all feel "the outward urge", the desire to travel further into space.
Publisher: Michael Joseph
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