The dark tower, and other stories / (Record no. 137817)

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Canceled/invalid LC control number 76052387
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System control number (Sirsi) o42051285
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Original cataloging agency CMI
Language of cataloging eng
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Canceled/invalid ISBN 0156239302
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System control number (OCoLC)42051285
050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number PR 6023 .E926
Item number D37 1977
049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC)
Holding library VF$A
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Lewis, C. S.
Fuller form of name (Clive Staples),
Dates associated with a name 1898-1963.
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The dark tower, and other stories /
Statement of responsibility, etc. C.S. Lewis ; edited by Walter Hooper.
250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT
Edition statement 1st Harvest ed.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Harcourt Brace Jovanovick,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1977.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 158 pages ;
Dimensions 21 cm.
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Content type term text
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Media type term unmediated
Media type code n
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Carrier type term volume
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490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT
Series statement A Harvest book
505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note Hooper, W. Preface. -- The dark tower, with a note by W. Hooper. -- The man born blind. -- The shoddy lands. -- Ministering angels. -- Forms of things unknown. -- After ten years, with notes by R.L. Green and A. Fowler.
520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "The Dark Tower is incomplete, but a vivid and highly interesting tale of the use of an imaginary device - a Chronoscope - that lets you view an other time the way you would view a star with a telescope. Lewis himself is in the story as one of a group of friends/scholars who meet to watch the happenings of the Dark Tower in the 'Othertime.' The story is intense and riveting and I couldn't put it down, but there are pages missing in the middle of the manuscript supposedly discovered after Lewis's death as a newly discovered, previously unpublished work. The end of the short story is also absent ... and there is no indication of how close to the end the reader is to the ending when the story is cut off literally in mid sentence. The positive thing is that the story is so well written, it will keep your mind reeling as to the outcome and fate of the characters involved. I've heard that the claims that this is an actual true work of C.S. Lewis is now being disputed, but if it is not of his hand, it sure reads like his style.'The Man Born Blind' is an interesting account of a man born blind who gets his sight as an older adult and struggles with visual concepts such as 'what is light.' It's a very short story and if any of the stories in this volume are to be disputed, this one would be my pick ... it doesn't read like Lewis and I think Lewis was far more observant of human nature and of his environment in general to have made some of the assumptions he did in this very short story.' The Shoddy Lands' is pure Lewis ... almost like 'The Great Divorce, ' but in miniature. Very interesting explaination at the end that wasn't exactly what I was reading into it at first ... a very good story.' Ministering Angels' is not at all what you think it's about ... but nonetheless an interesting futuristic tale of life on a human-colonized Mars. Also a very short story, but it's amazing how Lewis can depict a character so richly and vividly in just a few lines"--Amazon.com.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Manners and customs
Form subdivision Fiction.
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Manners and customs.
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Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01007815
655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM
Genre/form data or focus term Fiction.
Source of term fast
Authority record control number or standard number (OCoLC)fst01423787
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Hooper, Walter.
740 02 - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE
Uncontrolled related/analytical title Dark tower.
740 02 - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE
Uncontrolled related/analytical title Man born blind.
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Uncontrolled related/analytical title Shoddy lands.
740 02 - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE
Uncontrolled related/analytical title Ministering angels.
740 02 - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE
Uncontrolled related/analytical title Forms of things unknown.
740 02 - ADDED ENTRY--UNCONTROLLED RELATED/ANALYTICAL TITLE
Uncontrolled related/analytical title After ten years.
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Uniform title A Harvest book.
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Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Cost, replacement price Price effective from Koha item type
    Library of Congress Classification     Storms Research Center Storms Research Center Main Collection 10/28/2025   PR 6023 .E926 D37 1977 98652271 10/28/2025 6.00 10/28/2025 Book