*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror category and the works of Edmund Cooper, where almost all entries are new additions. Cooper was an English science fiction author active from the 1950s to the 1970s; his work often depicts unconventional male heroes facing unfamiliar and remote environments. His novel The Uncertain Midnight, the first published under his own name and featured here, was noted for its treatment of the subject of androids, which was considered original at the time of writing. Also uniquely treated is the subject of the colonisation of planets, and the frank nature of the characters’ conversations and attitudes on racial and sexual topics. His attitude to women is said to have been controversial. His books are for the most part well written and original, and we have a good selection here: five novels and one short story collection.
PICTURED: ALL BY EDMUND COOPER
THE CLOUD WALKER Ballantine 1973 1st US PB VG £5 SOLD
THE OVERMAN CULTURE Berkley Medallion 1973 1st US PB VG £4
PRISONER OF FIRE Coronet 1977 1st UK PB GD/VG £3
TRANSIT Ace 1978 US PB VG £3
THE UNCERTAIN MIDNIGHT Coronet 1974 2nd UK PB GD £3
VOICES IN THE DARK Digit 1960 1st UK PB GD/VG £7 Short stories