INVOLUTION OCEAN
by Bruce Sterling Introduction by Harlan Ellison. (New York): A Jove HBJ Book, (1977). First edition, first printing; paperback original. "First Jove HBJ edition published January 1977" statement to the copyright page, and printed $1.50 price and code A4301 to the front cover. The Harlan Ellison Discovery Series #4. Harlan Ellison, who chose this novel for the select, new talented author's book in his Discovery Series, contributed a substantial eleven page introductory essay. The Hugo Award winning, cyberpunk, hard sf, steampunk, and trail-blazingly innovative author's first book, with a mysterious underwater monster, pays tribute to MOBY DICK's themes. Elusive, especially in such well-preserved condition. Faint, small soft crimp to the lower corner of the rear cover and upper front corner, a touch of rubbing to the cover shelf-edges, age-toning to the borders of the inside covers as usual, else nearly fine, square, very tight and probably unread in color illustrated stiff-card wraps; original printed $1.50 price and code A4301 still intact to the front cover and to the spine. Mass-market paperback; 191 pages; 1 page of ads to the rear. PLEASE VIEW FOR MORE GREAT PAPERBACK COLLECTIBLE BOOKS THANKS! |