From bbs, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 11 January 2012
About this Item
© 1971: A stand-alone novel by Vincent King. 1st printing of 1972 edition. SFBC #186. Previous owner's (small & very neat!) name & address label to front endpaper:- Synopsis: After a millennium of comfortable dependence on machines, in a world city which has rebuilt itself in successive layers over the earth and now stands on a night-black, rotten structure of supporting girders, degenerating humanity is at the mercy of the Machine and its cohorts of wheeled, death-dealing Teachers. The masses in the Streets of the city are eugenically controlled and are processed through the Rites; the failures are brain-washed and the few chosen are admitted into the Corps, an elite which is attempting the salvation of man through flight to other galaxies. The Candy Man is the mysterious protagonist through whom the maze of events is traced:- (original cost unmarked). Seller Inventory # 22.095.00009
Bibliographic Details
Title: Candy Man
Publisher: Readers Union / Science Fiction Book Club / SFBC
Publication Date: 1972
Binding: Hardback: 8" x 5"
Illustrator: Cover Art: Uncredited
Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: UK SFBC Edition
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