THE SANTAROGA BARRIER.
[London]: Rapp & Whiting, [1970]. Octavo, boards. First British (and first hardcover) edition. Signed by Herbert on the title page. "A small American town harbors a mystery: all its citizens seem to be unified against the outside world. It transpires that an experiment with a new drug has endowed the townsfolk with group-mindedness. One of Herbert's more effective treatments of the hive mentality-and the possible next step in the evolution of human intelligence." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 313. Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-398. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1859-62. A fine copy in a fine price clipped dust jacket with a touch of edge rubbing. (28978). Item #28978
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