THE WONDER EFFECT

by Frederik and Pohl, M. Kornbluth

$25 · Offered by L. W. Currey · No longer available

First edition

New York: Ballantine Books, 1962 . Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ballantine Books F638. Collects nine science fiction stories blending wonder and satire. Includes Critical Mass, a bomb shelter dystopia Sargent and A Gentle Dying, a child-dominated dystopia Sargent . With a short introduction by Pohl about his working relationship with Kornbluth. Anatomy of Wonder

• Binding: Wrappers

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