INFINITE ARENA, THE: SEVEN SCIENCE FICTION STORIES ABOUT SPORTS. Hardcover 1977
$22
Size
Like and save for later
Add To Bundle
Publisher: Thomas Nelson inc Publishers [c.1977]
Date of Publication: 1977
Binding: hard cover
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Condition: Vintage Very Good/Very Good
Description: Book Club edition [with code H25 on page 188]. Collects 7 stories. 189 pages.
Will there be sports in man's future? Science fiction says, "Well, yes & no." 'Yes, there will be sports of a sort. No, they won't necessarily be the same sports we know today. Editor Terry Carr has collected the views of seven science-fiction veterans on this subject & presents them here in an anthology about the ways in which men may compete in centuries to come. · In "Joy in Mudville," the bear-faced natives of Toka defend their baseball championship of the Interbeing League. · In "Bullard Reflects," the Dazzle Dart champions turn their athletic gifts against a crew of murderous invaders. - · In "The Body Builders," a fighter ex¬changes his own heavyweight frame for the body of a jockey, & is-promptly challenged to fight. · In "The Great Kladnar Race," bored earth men try to get up a morning line from among the low-slung, six-legged kladnars of Gornik VII. · In "Mr. Meek Plays Polo," a visitor to Saturn finds his game of space polo being masterminded by a group of educated bugs. · In "Sunjammer," space vehicles are powered only by their vast, mile-high plastic sails which are propelled by the sun. · In "Run to Starlight,"
Smoke Free Home
New to Poshmark? Sign up with code REGGIE88188 and get $10 off your 1st purchase.
Shipping/Discount

sn07390844
likes this
Trending Now
Find Similar Listings
Account is under Review
Comment posting is temporarily restricted. Our team will reach out to you shortly. To understand why, select
Learn More.






























