Synopsis
Journalist Sandy Blair's investigation of a killing takes him back into the lives of old friends, enmeshes him in a demonic plot, and threatens to make him a murderer
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review
"The wilder aspects of the 60s--the frenzied idealism, the cultism, the orgiastic rock music--roar back to life in this hallucinatory story by a master of chilling suspense."
Book Description
Magic, music, drugs and rock'n'roll in an early novel from George R. R. Martin, author of A GAME OF THRONES.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Search results for The Armageddon Rag
Stock Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Poseidon, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Craig Hokenson Bookseller, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition/First Printing. Just an average used copy, couple of stains to top edge, chipping at head and foot of jacket spine and a few tears. Seller Inventory # 22622
Stock Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: NWJbooks, Lancaster, PA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First printing. Purple & red covers in a purple pictorial dust jacket. The dust jacket has a crease and two 1/2" closed tears on the top edge. Seller Inventory # 096602
Stock Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Simon & Schuster, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Sawgrass Books & Music, Decatur, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. His early rock and roll futuristic book. Definitely a sleeper. Martin said the band would be CCR. in real life. George R.R. Martin loves rock n roll. He was in Chicago in 2015 to see the Grateful Dead at Soldier Field. VG/VG. Unmarked. Seller Inventory # 15184
Seller Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Poseidon/Siimon & Schuster, New York, 1983, Hardcover First Edition/First Printing. George Martin brings back the 60's in an interesting way.Book Condition:a bit dusty around the text block edge; remainder mark at bottom, otherwise a very tight, aparently unread, Near Fine Copy. Dust Jacket: light wear at the corners/top/bottom of the spine; two tiny closed tears, not price clipped: $15.95 is intact; Very Good plus and comes in a removable, archival, mylar sleeve - nice tight copy! Seller Inventory # 001067
Stock Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Poseidon Press, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: BISON BOOKS - ABAC/ILAB, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. First edition. pp. 333. 8vo. LAvender cloth to spine. Light shelfwear, rubber stamp to bottom edge. Dustjacket quite nicked and torn to edges, now protected with plastic brodart sleeve; very good+ in good+ dustjacket. Seller Inventory # 097079
Seller Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Simon & Schuster, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Anthony Clark, Wolfville, NS, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Poseidon Press/Simon & Schuster 1983 New York Hardcover First Trade Edition with a complete number line (also printed as a limited edition). "This is the best novel concerning the American pop music culture in the 60's I've read" .Stephen King. Book condition: some very faint soiling on the text block edge & with a remainder mark at bottom, otherwise a very good plus tight and apparently unread copy - better than it sounds.Dust Jacket condition: 3 inch closed tear from base up, wear at top of spine, some small chips out & 4 or so other closed tears.just a fair jacket with the issues - will look better in a mylar archival protective sleeve - which I will do. More photos available on request. Seller Inventory # 000010
Stock Image
The Armageddon Rag
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0671475266I3N00
Seller Image
The Armageddon Rag - A Novel
Published by
Pocket Books - A Division of Simon Schuster, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Don's Book Store, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hard Back. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition First Printing. 333 Pages. Orange boards with maroon quarter-spine. Author's signature on the title pages between the author's name and the publisher. There is a stamped figure (remainder?) on bottom page edges near the spine. No other defects noted to this otherwise As New book with flawless boards and text pages. Very light wear to top edge of dust jacket that is protected with a vinyl covering and the 15.95 price is unclipped. In this chilling tale of murder, madness and revolution the author has created a thriller about the 60s generation of peace, love, and rock 'n' roll. Sandy Blair, an underground journalist in the 60s is now a respectable novelist who drives a sports car and lives with a successful businesswoman. Nevertheless he is an unhappy man. He has an agent who's threatening to terminate their relationship, a girlfriend who's warning she'll do the same, and an endless feeling that his best years have passed him by. When Sandy is suddenly called upon by his old underground newspaper to do an investigative report of the brutal murder of Jamie Lynch, manager of a legendary 60s rock group he jumps at the chance. Haunted by the memories of his past and the ghosts of his future, he travels around the country stalking Lynch's killer. He drops back into the lives and politics of his old friends and uncovers a bizarre plot to resurrect the revolution of the 60s around the power of rock 'n' roll. And unwittingly, Sandy becomes a key player in the dangerous drama scripted by the lyrics in the classic music album To Wake the Dead. Woven around the popular music of the 60s, this book brilliantly captures the spirit of a generation. Seller Inventory # 15607
Stock Image
The Armageddon Rag
Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN 9780671475260. Hardback. Later printing. Personalized inscription by author on title page. Slight wear to corners and edges; black marker slash on bottom edge; slight dustsoiling and browning to edges; otherwise tight, sound and unmarked in Very Good condition. Dustjacket with slight wear to corners and edges; slight browning to interior top edge and flaps; $15.95 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket; Very Good condition. Inscribed by Authors. Seller Inventory # 4220831
Seller Image
The Armageddon Rag
Published by
Simon & Schuster, New York, 1983
ISBN 10: 0671475266
ISBN 13: 9780671475260
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: JMCbooksonline, Cheverie, NS, Canada
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First edition. A near fine first edition hardcover in a very good dust jacket, foxing noted to edge of book, large tear to back of dust jacket with some creases noted. A nice copy for a beginning collector A powerful parable about the dark side of the counterculture full of thinly disguised personalities and performers from the 1960s and written with the authority of an active member of the Woodstock generation. The best rock-and-roll horror novel, written years before the advent of splatterpunk. Seller Inventory # Jmc826