Kentucky: Purple House Press, 2001. Marian Parry (illustrations). Softcover. Only a few years ago (1950s) we walked on solid earth. Today we whirl through space. Space is big. It is not cozy. But with these verses and drawings… cheerfulness breaks in. Suddenly, science seems merry. And space begins, with the..... More
New York: New York Review Books, 2005. Edward Gorey (illustrations). Fifth Printing. Hardcover. When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity’s vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use. First published in 1898, H.G. Wells’s masterpiece of speculative fiction..... More
London: Penguin Books, 2016. Marc Simont (illustrations). Fifth Printing. Trade Paperback. With an introduction by Neil Gaiman A giant of American humor makes his Penguin Classics debut with “probably the best book in the world” (Neil Gaiman, from the Introduction), in a stunning Deluxe Edition featuring the original, full-color..... More
Mineola, New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1984. Facsimile Reprint. Trade Paperback. If a serpent swallows the spittle of a fasting man, it dies. Trees felled in the wrong season breed termites. If eels are drowned in wine, those who drink it get a loathing for liquor. These and similar flights..... More
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