Previous owner's rubber stamp on front endpaper. Some foxing.; 303, [1 (blank)] pages. Black boards with white lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 183 x 120mm. Dust-jacket art by Richard Barton. Science fiction novel. A ""sombrely told Ruined Earth tale in which a reestablished but over-regimented Utopian culture tries unsuccessfully to reinhabit abandoned parts of the Earth; it ends a little sentimentally with a Second Coming."" - John Clute. ""Mead, Harold"" entry in ""The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction"" edited by John Clute and David Langford. Reading: Ansible Editions, updated 12 September 2022. Web. Accessed 8 November 2024.