LORDS OF THE STARSHIP.
London: Michael Joseph, [1971]. Octavo, boards. First edition. A military dystopia on Earth in the far future. "The starship is centuries in the building; around the immense yards nations rise and fall, battle after battle is fought. In the end, the whole thing is exposed as a terrible lie. A weird, horrifying future of continuous flux, stasis and war. Geston's first novel [as well as his first book], published when he was barely out of his teens. Amazing." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), pp. 216-7. One of the major novels of the 1960s. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-434. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 304. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1261-64]. Tide mark to upper edge of front free end paper, mild foxing to page edges, head of spine bruised, a very good copy in a very good dust jacket with damp mark to verso of upper front corner with bleed through, light tanning along upper edge, upper corners show mild wear, and head of spine panel creased. (30501). Item #30501
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