New York: St. Martin's Press, [1964]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. A picaresque novel set several centuries after a nuclear holocaust. "In the fourth century 'after the Deluge' a medieval world, dominated by the Holy Marcan Church, consists partly of feudal kingdoms, partly of Athenian city-states," - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 161. "... a stylish and amusing narrative [that] gained a good deal of praise on first publication." - Pringle. The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), 89. 1964 Nebula and 1965 Hugo nominee. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-841. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 493-96].

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1954. Octavo, boards. First edition. Winner of 1955 International Fantasy Award. "Martians in underground cities for thousands of years have manipulated Earth's historical development." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-141. [Reference: Pringle: Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, #16].

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, dust jacket art by Richard Powers, boards. First edition. The author's first SF book. "...six shipwrecked humans found a Utopian colony on the planet Lucifer in association with two native species." - SFE online. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-843].