The Call of the Cosmos

Octavo, illustrations, cloth. First edition in English. A collection of fiction and articles by the "grandfather" of Russian rocketry edited by V. Dutt. Includes Tsiolkovsky's short novel, OUTSIDE THE EARTH (published separately in English as BEYOND THE PLANET EARTH [1960]), written at the turn of the twentieth century and first published in Russian in 1920. Tsiolkovsky (1857-1935) "Russian scientist and writer . began investigating the possibility of space flight in 1878 . [He] was the first great pioneer of space research and the first real prophet of the myth of the conquest of space which has played such a vital role in modern SF." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 1242. Still the definitive collection of Tsiolkovsky's writings in English translation. Suvin, Russian SF, p. 29. See Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 2-120 and (2004) II-1142. Reginald 14257. Not in Ciancone. A nearly fine copy in very good dust jacket with shelf wear at edges. Still the definitive collection of Tsiolkovsky's writings in English translation. (#138903). Bookseller Inventory # 138903

Author: K.Tsiolkovsky

Publisher: Foreign Languages publishing House Moscow