Beyond the Farthest Star: Restored Edition (Complete and Unabridged)
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Beyond the Farthest Star: Restored Edition (Complete and Unabridged)
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Overview
NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED RESTORED EDITION FROM EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS, INC.
In 1940, as the world hurtled into the darkness of global conflict, Edgar Rice Burroughs turned his legendary writing talents toward an interstellar tale of wonder and adventure set on a war-racked planet-one whose star was so distant that it was invisible to the Earth's most powerful telescopes. Featuring a protagonist who is transported to the planet Poloda by means reminiscent of John Carter's projection to Mars, Beyond the Farthest Star is set in a wholly unique solar system in which all the planets are aligned in the same orbit and connected by means of an atmosphere tube that allows for potential travel between worlds via airplane.
What has been unknown to readers is that the 1941 Blue Book magazine publication comprising Part I of Beyond the Farthest Star was heavily edited, with a substantial number of line edits on almost every page and several lengthy and meaningful passages-some more than a page long-excised throughout. That altered and abridged text was used as the basis for all book editions of the novel-until now. We are pleased to announce that we have gone back to Edgar Rice Burroughs' original typescript from our archives in Tarzana, California, and restored the author's preferred text of the novel in Beyond the Farthest Star: Restored Edition. Now, for the first time, enjoy this classic science fiction adventure in the way that Edgar Rice Burroughs intended it to be read!
Beyond the Farthest Star: Restored Edition features a newly commissioned frontispiece by renowned artist Mark Schultz; classic interior illustrations by Roy G. Krenkel; an introduction by noted science fiction author Paul Di Filippo; a preface by ERB, Inc. Director of Publishing Christopher Paul Carey discussing the restorations to the text; maps of the planet Poloda and the Omos star system; a diagram of the Unisan alphabet and numbers; and an extensive section of rare and previously unpublished bonus materials mined from the archives of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., in Tarzana, California.
A PLANET IN PERIL
When Nazi warplanes blast an American fighter pilot out of the sky, he awakens not in the expected afterlife but on a far-flung planet-one of eleven interconnected worlds hurtling around a strangely constructed star system. On Poloda, he earns a new name-Tangor, one who came from nothing-and a new home among the brave people of Unis, a nation locked in perpetual war against the brutish, totalitarian Kapars. But when news comes of a powerful invention that could turn the tides of the conflict, Tangor must undertake a daring undercover mission behind enemy lines. There, in vile Kapara, he will not only risk life and limb, but also brand himself as a traitor in the eyes of his newfound friends, as he continues his fight for freedom beyond the farthest star!
Beyond the Farthest Star: Restored Edition (c) 1941, 1964, 2021 Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Trademark Beyond the Farthest Star(TM) Owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781945462313 |
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| Publisher: | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 09/01/2021 |
| Edition description: | Restored ed. |
| Pages: | 218 |
| Sales rank: | 238,132 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d) |
About the Author
Paul Di Filippo sold his first story in 1977, and since then has produced over forty books of short and novel-length fiction. He lives in Providence, Rhode Island, where he haunts H. P. Lovecraft's footsteps daily, with his partner Deborah Newton and a cocker spaniel named Moxie.
Christopher Paul Carey is the Director of Publishing and Creative Director of the ERB Universe at Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the company founded by Mr. Burroughs in 1923. He is the author of Swords Against the Moon Men-an authorized sequel Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic science fantasy novel The Moon Maid-and the forthcoming ERB Universe novel Victory Harben: Fires of Halos. He has scripted several comic books set in Mr. Burroughs' worlds, including Pellucidar: Across Savage Seas, Pellucidar: Dark of the Sun, Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond, and Pathfinder Worldscape: Dejah Thoris. He has edited more than sixty novels, anthologies, and collections for a variety of publishers, and had the honor of working with Mr. Burroughs' original manuscript to prepare the text for the present edition of Beyond the Farthest Star. He lives in Southern California.
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Maps ix
Unisan Alphabet and Numbers xi
Preface by Christopher Paul Carey xiii
Introduction by Paul Di Filippo xix
Part I: Adventure on Poloda
Chapter Page
Foreword 1
Chapter One 3
Chapter Two 9
Chapter Three 14
Chapter Four 18
Chapter Five 22
Chapter Six 27
Chapter Seven 35
Chapter Eight 39
Chapter Nine 45
Chapter Ten 51
Chapter Eleven 56
Chapter Twelve 63
Chapter Thirteen 69
Part II: Tangor Returns
Foreword 77
Chapter One 79
Chapter Two 86
Chapter Three 93
Chapter Four 100
Chapter Five 106
Chapter Six 113
Chapter Seven 119
Chapter Eight 124
Chapter Nine 130
Chapter Ten 137
Bonus Materials 145
Edgar Rice Burroughs:
Master of Adventure 179
About the Artists 180
About Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. 181