{"product_id":"wilson-tucker-the-long-loud-silence-1971-1st-turkish-book-turkey-heinlein","title":"Wilson Tucker – The Long Loud Silence 1971 1st Turkish Book Turkey Heinlein","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"137\"\u003eWilson Tucker (misattributed on cover to Robert A. Heinlein) – Dünya Batıyor (The Long Loud Silence) – Okat Yayınevi First Edition (1971)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"999\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 26, 23);\"\u003eDescription:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"278\" data-end=\"281\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"139\" data-end=\"663\"\u003eThis Turkish first edition of Dünya Batıyor, published by Okat Yayınevi in 1971, is the Turkish edition of Wilson Tucker’s post-apocalyptic science fiction novel The Long Loud Silence. Particularly notable for collectors, this edition carries an unusual bibliographic curiosity: although the cover credits R. A. Heinlein—reportedly to capitalize on Heinlein’s popularity in Turkey—the work itself is in fact by Wilson Tucker. This misattribution gives the edition exceptional interest as a publishing anomaly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"665\" data-end=\"950\"\u003eWilson Tucker was a significant figure in classic American science fiction, known for combining speculative concepts with psychological tension and social critique. The Long Loud Silence is among his best-known works and is widely regarded as an important early post-apocalyptic novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"952\" data-end=\"1318\"\u003eSet in a devastated America after a mysterious catastrophe, the novel follows a lone survivor moving through a collapsing landscape marked by quarantine, isolation, and societal breakdown. More than a survival narrative, the story explores fear, authority, moral choices, and the fragility of civilization, anticipating many later themes of modern dystopian fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1571\"\u003eAs a 1971 Turkish first edition, this volume is especially desirable not only as an early science fiction translation but also because of its unusual false attribution to Heinlein, making it both a literary collectible and a notable publishing oddity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2413\" data-start=\"2165\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(170, 26, 23);\"\u003eKey Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1655\"\u003e• Author: Wilson Tucker (cover mistakenly credits R. A. Heinlein)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1657\" data-end=\"1705\"\u003e• Title: Dünya Batıyor (The Long Loud Silence)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1707\" data-end=\"1735\"\u003e• Publisher: Okat Yayınevi\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1737\" data-end=\"1751\"\u003e• Date: 1971\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1753\" data-end=\"1787\"\u003e• Edition: First Turkish Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1789\" data-end=\"1810\"\u003e• Language: Turkish\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1812\" data-end=\"1839\"\u003e• Format: Paperback Novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1841\" data-end=\"1893\"\u003e• Genre: Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1895\" data-end=\"1971\"\u003e• Subject: Survival, social collapse, isolation, and authoritarian control\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1973\" data-end=\"2049\"\u003e• Themes: Civilization’s fragility, moral conflict, and dystopian survival\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2051\" data-end=\"2148\"\u003e• Bibliographic Note: Famous Turkish misattributed edition bearing Heinlein’s name on the cover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2150\" data-end=\"2230\"\u003e• Significance: Early Turkish edition of an important post-apocalyptic classic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2232\" data-end=\"2339\"\u003e• Collector Appeal: Highly desirable vintage science fiction collectible and unusual publishing curiosity\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Turkrex Collectables","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48633544605834,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0716\/3687\/7450\/files\/1_7b05c3ab-c973-4705-b74b-ddba92100308.jpg?v=1777291047","url":"https:\/\/turkrexcollectables.com\/products\/wilson-tucker-the-long-loud-silence-1971-1st-turkish-book-turkey-heinlein","provider":"Turkrex Collectables","version":"1.0","type":"link"}