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JEM.

Pohl, Frederik.

New York: St. Martin's Press, [1979]. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "An overpopulated, under-resourced future Earth manages to send out star probes in search of planetary lebensraum. One such a world is found, the eponymous Jem, and colonization commences. A dark novel, amounting to a lengthy and rather bitter mediation on humanity's capacity to screw things up." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 195. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-861. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 396. ]. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#169317) (29973). Item #29973

Price: $100.00