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GUNNER CADE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Bacon, boards. First edition. "Future society that has become stultified in a caste structure. Shows the difficulty of convincing people that their ideology does not reflect the true state of affairs." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 243. "The hero belongs to an almost monastic order of future warriors, whose members are thoroughly indoctrinated and sexually repressed. Naturally, he rebels -- which leads him on to picaresque and sometimes humorous adventures in the outside worlds. An enjoyable (though now rather dated) adventure story." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 164.
GUNNER CADE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Bacon, boards. First edition. "Future society that has become stultified in a caste structure. Shows the difficulty of convincing people that their ideology does not reflect the true state of affairs." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 243. "The hero belongs to an almost monastic order of future warriors, whose members are thoroughly indoctrinated and sexually repressed. Naturally, he rebels -- which leads him on to picaresque and sometimes humorous adventures in the outside worlds. An enjoyable (though now rather dated) adventure story." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 164.
GUNNER CADE.
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Octavo, jacket illustration by Paul Bacon, boards. First edition. "Future society that has become stultified in a caste structure. Shows the difficulty of convincing people that their ideology does not reflect the true state of affairs." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 243. "The hero belongs to an almost monastic order of future warriors, whose members are thoroughly indoctrinated and sexually repressed. Naturally, he rebels -- which leads him on to picaresque and sometimes humorous adventures in the outside worlds. An enjoyable (though now rather dated) adventure story." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition, p. 164.
THE SYNDIC.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, First edition. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.
THE SYNDIC.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.
TAKEOFF.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1952. Octavo, boards. First edition. International Fantasy Award nominee, 1953. Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-241.
BEST SF STORIES OF C. M. KORNBLUTH. With an Introduction by Edmund Crispin.
London: Faber and Faber, [1968]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects twelve stories including "The Marching Morons," "The Little Black Bag," "The Silly Season," "Gomez," and "With These Hands."
THE EXPLORERS: SHORT STORIES.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1954]. Small octavo, cover art by Jack Faragasso, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books 86. Paperback original. Kornbluth's first collection of short fiction. Collects nine stories, including "Gomez," "The Mindworm" and "With These Hands."
A MILE BEYOND THE MOON.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1958. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Collects fifteen stories including "The Little Black Bag," "Shark Ship," and "Two Dooms." Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 4-349. Bleiler, The Guide to Supernatural Fiction 969.
THE MINDWORM.
London: Michael Joseph, [1955]. Octavo, boards. First edition. Collection of twelve stories, includes eight of the nine stories from the paperback publication THE EXPLORERS (Ballantine, 1954) and adds an additional four . "Where Kornbluth really excelled was in his shorter work..." "It is often madly comic; and as often sharp and deadly." Pederson: St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (Fourth Edition), pp. 529-31.
THE SYNDIC.
Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1953. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Future America is ruled partly by a Mafia-like mob and partly by a more benign organization referred to as "the fat, sloppy, happy Syndic." An enjoyable adventure story with satirical barbs and an underlying darkness of tone." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 360. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-612. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2211-14.
SEARCH THE SKY.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1954]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Presentation copy with signed inscription by Pohl to Forrest J. Ackerman on front free end paper: "For 4e / With gratitude for / a fine time / Frederik Pohl."
THE SPACE MERCHANTS.
New York: Ballantine Books, [1953]. Octavo, cover art by Richard Powers, boards. First edition. "The ad-men run this overpopulated America of the future, a crassly materialist society which is challenged only by a weak underground movement of conservationists. Brilliantly detailed satire and exciting narrative: a joy, despite its grim theme." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 337. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-864. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels #12. Survey of Science Fiction Literature V, pp. 2127-31.