Four for Tomorrow
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Cover of first edition paperback | |
| Author | Roger Zelazny |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1967 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 191 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 5436844 |
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Four for Tomorrow is the first story collection by Roger Zelazny, published in paperback by Ace Books in 1967. British hardcover and paperback editions followed in 1969, under the title A Rose for Ecclesiastes. The first American hardcover was issued in the Garland Library of Science Fiction in 1975. A French translation appeared in 1980 (as Une rose pour l'Ecclésiaste). Paperback reissues continued from Ace and later from Baen Books into the 1990s.[1]
Contents
- Introduction (Theodore Sturgeon)
- "The Furies" (Amazing Stories 1965)
- "The Graveyard Heart" (Fantastic Stories 1964)
- "The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" (F&SF 1965)
- "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" (F&SF 1963)
"The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth" won the Nebula Award and was nominated for the Hugo. "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" was nominated for the Hugo.[2][3]
Reception
Judith Merril rated the collection "what may well prove the best reading-buy of 1967".[4] P. Schuyler Miller similarly described it as "certainly going to be one of the 'must' books" of the year.[5]
References
- ↑ ISFDB publication history
- ↑ ISFDB bibliography
- ↑ Science Fiction Awards Database
- ↑ "Books", F&SF, August 1967, p.36
- ↑ "The Reference Library", Analog, October 1967, p. 165