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PLAYER PIANO.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Octavo, boards. First edition. First printing with the Scribner's seal and "A" on the copyright page. The author's first book. Runner-up for the 1953 International Fantasy Award. "Incisive satire; a classic modern dystopia." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-392. Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-191. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1697-1701. Pieratt, Huffman-klinkowitz, and Klinkowitz AA1.
KURT VONNEGUT: FANTASIST OF FIRE AND ICE.
Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green University Popular Press, [1972]. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. First printing with price $1.00 on front cover. Brief study of Vonnegut's themes and literary technique through the publication of Slaughterhouse-Five (1969).
BLUEBEARD: A NOVEL.
New York: Delacorte Press, [1987]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition. This edition preceded by the Franklin Library edition. Involves the narrative of Rabo Karabekian, a minor character from BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS.
JAILBIRD.
[New York]: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, [1979]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition. The story of a man released from prison who had a small role in the Watergate Scandal, he relates the story of his life. A small cameo of the character "Kilgore Trout" appears also.
PLAYER PIANO.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1952. Octavo, boards. First edition. First printing with "A" and Scribner seal on copyright page. 7600 copies printed. The author's first book. "The United States has won the third world war. Production being totally automatic, almost the whole population is on a generous dole. Only the intelligent minority works." - Gerber, Utopian Fantasy (1973), p. 159. "Incisive satire; a classic modern dystopia." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-392. Runner-up for the 1953 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1202. Berger, Science Fiction and the New Dark Age, pp. 17-9. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 244. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1697-1701. Pieratt, Huffman-klinkowitz, and Klinkowitz AA1.
THE SIRENS OF TITAN ...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Octavo, cloth. First edition. The author's second novel. 2500 copies printed. "Excellent satire." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-192. 1960 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1203. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 31. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
THE SIRENS OF TITAN ...
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Octavo, cloth. First hardcover edition. The author's second novel. 2500 copies printed. "Excellent satire." - Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 3-192. 1960 Hugo nominee. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1203. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 31. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions.
TIMEQUAKE.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1997]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First trade edition. Kilgore Trout is the featured character. The timequake of the title has sent people of 2001 back to 1991.
WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE.
[New York]: A Seymour Lawrence Book Delacorte Press, [1968]. Octavo, cloth backed boards. First edition. Collects 25 stories including twelve previously published in CANARY IN A CAT HOUSE. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-394. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2447-50. Pieratt, Huffman-klinkowitz, and Klinkowitz AG1.