Title: Tarzanova smrt
Title Record # 1568062
Author: Josef Nesvadba
Date: 1958-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: Czech
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Author: Josef Nesvadba
Date: 1958-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: novelette
Language: Czech
Note: First story of Nesvadba's debut coll of the same name (1958); longest of them all (11 thousand words).
Synopsis: Freakshow apeman turns out to be baron von Hoppe: lost in Africa as a baby, dubbed "a new Tarzan" by press, bitterly disappointed by human society as in his naivete he doesn't understand why people can't just agree better than fighting monkeys (the oilfields he inherited are wanted both by violent Nazis and UK capitalists). The narrator saves him, a. o. from pneumonia, but he hangs himself after final betrayal by his conniving fiancé.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman | 1970-00-00 | Josef Nesvadba | Gollancz (Gollancz SF Series (5)) | 0-575-00427-4 | 30/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced
in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings
equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling.
Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g.
3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that
is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but
sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters
of a shilling). |
215 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| The Lost Face: Best Science Fiction from Czechoslovakia | 1971-00-00 | Josef Nesvadba | Taplinger | 0-8008-5020-3 | $5.95?$: US dollar |
215 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| In the Footsteps of the Abominable Snowman | 1979-05-00 | Josef Nesvadba | New English Library | 0-450-03389-9 | £0.80?£: UK pound |
176 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Rodney Matthews |  |