Judith

1952 · 150075 — New York: Simon and Schuster 1952. Octavo boards. First edition. "Future society that has become stultified in a caste structure. Shows the difficulty of convincing people that their ideology does not reflect the true state of affairs." - Sargent British and American Utopian Literature 1516-1985 p. 243. "The hero belongs to an almost monastic order of future warriors whose members are thoroughly indoctrinated and sexually repressed. Naturally he rebels -- which leads him on to picaresque and sometimes humorous adventures in the outside worlds. An enjoyable though now rather dated adventure story." - Pringle The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction second edition p. 164. Endpapers lightly tanned along gutter margins else a fine copy in very good dust jacket with light wear at edges a touch of general dust soiling and small bookstore sticker on rear flap. #150075 Simon and Schuster unknown books