WINE OF THE DREAMERS
by MacDonald, John D
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends with shallow loss to spine ends,
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Greenberg: Publisher, [1951]. First edition. A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends with shallow loss to spine ends, slight color fade to the spine panel. (28835). Octavo, boards. "A well-spun yarn of the world of 1975 exhibiting familiar insanity. The explanation is that human irrational behavior is manipulated, inadvertently, by telepathic dreamers from another world. When the dreamers learn this, life on Earth takes a turn for the better." - Anatomy of Wonder (1987) 3-268. The author's first SF book. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 99.
Synopsis
Wine of the Dreamers is a 1951 science fiction novel written by John D. MacDonald. Wine of the Dreamers was his first sci-fi novel and one of his earliest published novels altogether. Though he later also wrote the science fiction novels Ballroom of the Skies and The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything, MacDonald was primarily a writer of mysteries. A later version was published under the name Planet of the Dreamers before reverting to the original title upon further printings.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28835
- Title
- WINE OF THE DREAMERS
- Author
- MacDonald, John D
- Book Condition
- Used - A nearly fine copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear to the corner tips and spine ends with shallow loss to spine ends,
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Greenberg: Publisher
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1951]
- Keywords
- SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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