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THE WORLD JONES MADE.

Dick, Philip K.

New York: Ace Books, Inc., [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First separate edition. Ace Books F429. Published earlier as Ace Double Novel Books D150 bound with AGENT OF THE UNKNOWN by Margaret St. Clair. Future authoritarian dystopia. "The eponymous Jones is an unhappy dictator who can foresee the future, by exactly one year. Its author's second novel from the period before he had come into his full powers." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction (1995), p. 427. "A spectacular, brim-full grab bag of ideas." - Damon Knight. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 260. A fine copy, unread. (30297). Item #30297

Price: $35.00