THE SANTAROGA BARRIER.
New York: Published by Berkley Publishing Corporation Distributed by G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1977]. Octavo, cloth. First U.S. hardcover edition. "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. [Reference: Anatomy of Wonder (1981) 3-398. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1859-62]. Base of the spine and the lower corner tip bruised, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket with slight wear to corner tips and spine ends, crease upper spine panel. Publisher's review slip laid in. (33292). Item #33292
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