{"product_id":"edgar-pangborn-sf-gateway-omnibus","title":"Edgar Pangborn SF Gateway Omnibus","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdgar Pangborn studied music at  Harvard when just 15 years old eventually turned his  back on music to focus on his writing. He flourished in the early '50s producing a string of highly-regarded  stories for the likes of \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003eGalaxy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style:normal\"\u003eThe Magazine of Fantasy and Science  Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eEllery Queen's Mystery\u003c\/i\u003e magazine.  His work helped establish a  new 'humanist' school of science fiction and has been cited as an influence by Ursula Le Guin. This omnibus contains the Hugo-shortlisted \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eDavy\u003c\/i\u003e International Fantasy Award-winner \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eA Mirror for Observers \u003c\/i\u003eand story collection \u003ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"\u003eGood Neighbours and Other Strangers\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAVY: A HUGO and NEBULA AWARD nominee this post-apocalyptic science fiction novel is Pangborn's most acclaimed. It is set in the Northeastern United States some centuries after an atomic war ended high-technology civilization. Davy comes of age in a pseudo-medieval society dominated by a Church that actively suppresses technology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA MIRROR FOR OBSERVERS: The Martians long exiled from their home planet have for millennia been observers of the world of men. Forbidden by their laws to interfere with human destiny they wait for mankind to mature. From the turmoil of mid 20th-century America word comes to the Observers that one their renegades is hoping to encourage humanity in its headlong rush to self-destruction through the corruption of a single rare intellect. The struggle between Observer and Abdicator for the continuance of the human species is one of the classic conflicts in the annals of science fiction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGOOD NEIGHBORS AND OTHER STRANGERS: A collection of short stories reflecting Pangborn's fresh writing style and mastery of the short form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786495062195,"sku":"9780575116924","price":1199.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17477290799780575116924.jpg?v=1762803163","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/edgar-pangborn-sf-gateway-omnibus","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}