A FISHERMAN OF THE INLAND SEA: SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
[New York]: HarperPrism, [1994]. Octavo, cloth. Advance readers edition. Special edition of 1500 copies distributed as gifts of the author and publisher. Collects eight stories. Includes "Newton's Sleep," a story that "begins in a dystopia of a future North America with a destroyed environment and constant regional wars. The story then moves to a satellite that is supposed to be a eutopia based on reason, but anti-Semitism and the struggle for power undermine the eutopia while, at the end, imagination seems to be beginning to reshape even the physical layout." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. [Reference: Hartwell, 200 Significant SF Books by Women, 1984-2001]. Some fade to cloth of spine and left front panel, cover bowed, a nearly fine copy without dust jacket as issued. Publisher's introductory letter laid in. (33311). Item #33311
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