THE PATTERN OF EXPECTATION 1644-2001

by Clarke

$75 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

London: Jonathan Cape, 1979 . Octavo, pp. i-vi vii-xi xii 1-344, illustrations, cloth. First edition. A survey of the tale of the future and analysis of the many factors that have worked together to make the story of the future a dominant form of fiction–written for every kind of purpose, from the prophetic visions of H. G. Wells and the admonitory projections of Huxley and Orwell to the entertainments of the

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.