No Place on Earth (Doubleday Science Fiction)

Language: English

Published by Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York, 1958

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NF/NF. Book Club Edition (BCE). 1958. Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York. Unmarked. Lovely Hardcover, teal green with orange lettering to spine. Near Fine jacket; clean & bright, no rips, tears or stains; stored and protected in mylar cover. 6x8.5, deckled edges. 184 pp. Debut science fiction novel by Louis Charbonneau, presenting a 23rd-century Malthusian police state where a captured Underground resistance fighter recalls his forbidden marriage and acts of sabotage under interrogation; jacket art by Joe Mugnaini. Ships from the USA, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: First published in December 1958, No Place on Earth is among the early entries in post-war American dystopian literature. The narrative presents a grim mid-century speculative vision set in a coercive future police state controlled by the Leader Party. Under direct interrogation and psychological pressure, a captured resistance fighter from the Underground experiences flashbacks that reveal his forbidden marriage, an unauthorized pregnancy, and his acts of sabotage against the totalitarian regime. This edition features jacket illustration by Joe Mugnaini, whose artistic style is closely associated with prominent speculative fiction authors of the era. This work reflects the societal anxieties of the late 1950s surrounding state surveillance, population control, and individual agency, situating it among Cold War-era speculative fiction and classic examples of Joe Mugnaini's dust jacket art.…

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Title
No Place on Earth (Doubleday Science Fiction)
Author
Louis Charbonneau
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Garden City, New York
Publication year
1958
Condition
NEAR FINE
Dust jacket
Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Illustrator
Joe Mugnaini
Item weight
29 ounces
Dimensions
6x8.5
Seller catalogs
Classics, Science Fiction, Vintage Science Fiction

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