About this title: It is the rainy season. Drunk and delirious, an old man lies dying in the Queensland bush. In his opium-hazed last hours, a priest finds his deserted shack and listens to his last words. Half-awake and half-dreaming the old man tells the story of an adventure set decades in the future, in a very different world...
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Good. Small crease to corner of cover. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Edition: First Edition 2nd Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Pan, London
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Good. 4 1/4" By 7" Tall. Average reader wear, rubbs to spine and cover edges, creasing around spine area, light tanning to page edges, No marks or inscriptions to pages...............About the Author--------Nevil Shute Norway worked as an aeronautical engineer at Vickers before setting up his own airship company. He served in both world wars and was a commander in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in World War II, working on secret projects. He flew his own aircraft to Australia to research On ... read more
Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pan, London England
Date Published: 1969
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Paperback The fate of the Monarchy and a love story are combined in this brilliantly imaginative novel. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc. ) read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Heinemann, London
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good in No Dustwrapper jacket. Good solid binding, some wear at spine tips, internally v. good, with clean pages (small mark to flyleaf) overall condition is good. No wrapper. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Heinemann, U.K.
Date Published: 1953
Description: Good +/No Jacket. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall Red bds with gilt title to spine. Bump/rub to spine ends and corners. Some dirty marks to back board. Owners inscription to ffep. Pages tanning with a little patchy soiling. Spots of foxing to outer edge of text block. read more
Edition: 1st Pan Book Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pan Books Ltd., London England
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Good. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Slight browning to top edge of pages through age. Facinating and rchly dramatic-a story of tomorrow as fortold by a remarkable old man dying in the bush. 281 pp. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Pan Books
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London TBC
Date Published: 1954
Description: Med 8vo: , dw, with small loss at head & foot of spine and rubbed at corners: pp 241. inscription on fly leaf, otherwise contents sound, overall Good/Poor Fair Hardback. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Pan Books Ltd., London England
Date Published: 1969
ISBN-13:9780330022910ISBN:0330022911
Description: Good. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Facinating and rchly dramatic-a story of tomorrow as fortold by a remarkable old man dying in the bush. read more
"This book was a great hit, when Nevil Shute was at the height of popularity as an author. It's a wonderful adventure story set in Australia and in England. There's a supernatural element, as well - it's curious to see how Nevil Shute, writing in 1953, thought the world would have changed by 1980."
"This alternative version of the British Commonwealth circa 1980 was published in 1953. The primary discussion topic is electoral reform, but I swear it is not so dull as it sounds. The argument Shute makes, by virtue of these alternatives long and successfully in place in this alternate Australia is especially interesting in the election climate of the US -my home- at this time."
"I always enjoy this author. This book confused me because it was referring to things that happened in the 70's. I knew the author died in 1960 and that the original version of this was published in 1958, so I kept wondering if subsequent editions has been edited. As soon as I finished, there was a note from the author about "projecting 30 years into the future" with this novel he and explains why he did that. It would have clarified much for me if I had found that note at the beginning of the read instead of at the end. Still, I found it an interesting and worthwhile read."
"I'm really disappointed by this one. I'm a huge Shute fan, but this book was akward and not set-up well (I didn't realize that I was in the future until 1/2 way through the book, which probably was obvious to anyone who knows both Australian and English government, but I clearly do not). The beginning and the end were the most interesting parts. Characters (which he usually excells at) suck (with the exception of the "present day" characters). A big ol' disappointment."
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