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THE SHEEP LOOK UP
by Brunner, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Slight tanning to edges of boards, a just about fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to front corn
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London: Harper & Row, Publishers, [1972]. First edition. Slight tanning to edges of boards, a just about fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to front corner tips and slight shelf wear to spine ends. (25410). Octavo, quarter cloth with boards. Signed by Brunner on the title page. 1972 Nebula nominee. "The most elaborate alarmist novel about industrial pollution." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-72. Jones and Newman (eds), Horror: 100 Best Books 69. Survey of Science Fiction Literature IV, pp. 1913-16.
Synopsis
The Sheep Look Up is a science fiction novel by British author John Brunner, first published in 1972. The novel's setting is decidedly dystopian, the book dealing with the deterioration of the environment in the United States. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1972. The title of the novel is a quotation from the poem Lycidas by John Milton: The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ...
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25410
- Title
- THE SHEEP LOOK UP
- Author
- Brunner, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight tanning to edges of boards, a just about fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with a touch of rubbing to front corn
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, Evanston, San Francisco, London
- Date Published
- [1972]
- Keywords
- SF . Signed
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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