Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man (Book Acquired 6.30.2012)

by Biblioklept

I found a first edition hardback copy of Dougal Dixon’s cult book Man After Man not quite two weeks ago when I was browsing books for my cousins’ kids, who I would see over the July 4th holiday. I’ve possessed an illicit digital copy of Man After Man for a few years, but it’s not nearly as fun as the real thing. As its subtitle attests, Dixon’s book is an anthropology of the future, a sort of speculative sci-fi textbook that imagines a future-history of genetically engineered humanity. The illustrations by Philip Hood (who deserves bigger billing) are especially weird and wonderful. Some samples below.

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Posted on July 10, 2012 at 9:48 am in Art, Books | RSS feed | Respond | Trackback URL

Tags: Art, Book Acquired, Books Acquired, Dougal Dixon, genetic engineering, Man After Man, Science Fiction, speculative fiction

5 Responses to “Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man (Book Acquired 6.30.2012)”

Doug Henning Jr. (@likethemagician)
July 10, 2012 at 12:32 pm

I have been searching in vain for a copy of this for years. One that wasn’t $200 online. Un diamant découvert chez Chamblin?

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- Biblioklept
  July 10, 2012 at 12:57 pm
  
  Oui, je l’ai découvert là-bas.
  
  I’d given up actively looking for it a few years back. It was piled with a stack of graphic novels (I was looking for Jeff Smith’s Rose for a cousin’s kid). Twelve bucks, or nothing, really, after all the trade credit I have there.
  
  Now: Find Codex Seraphinianus for under 10 bucks.
  
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  - quaterniondoug
    July 11, 2012 at 11:37 am
    
    Well, a brief browse reveals that more copies of “Man After Man” have turned up here and there over the years, for the lowest price now stands at $24.20 for Good. May have to indulge, though I would much prefer, as you did, to find it where none were meant to find it, like one of the eggs in the carton at Publix being a Fabergé.
    Cliquez ici, Monsieur, pour voir
    
    As for your challenge: done. The Kindle edition is only $8.99.
    
    2nd Edition Codices Seraphiniani may be had for only $109.34 now, though without the Calvino introduction, it seems. This unreadable masterpiece is categorized thusly: “Language Notes – Text: Latin.” Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Ser’aph’ini A’Ma-Zon wgah’nagl clighagn
    
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    - Biblioklept
      July 11, 2012 at 12:25 pm
      
      I have the Kindle edition of Codex (as well as two separate editions that are floating around illicitly in e-form), and it’s nice (my daughter loves its weirdness), but I’d love the real deal, obviously.
      
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