And Chaos Died
by Russ, Joanna
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
New York: Ace Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. [c1976]. Softcover. Some rubbing to covers. No signatures. ; Copyright 1970, but this reprint c.1976. 189, [3 (advertisements)] pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 178 x 104mm. Science fiction. The author's second novel. "[H]er muffled but ambitious second novel, 'And Chaos Died' (1970) tells from a (homosexual) male viewpoint the experiences of a man forced by the psychically transformed human inhabitants of a planet on which he has crashlanded to endure the rewriting of his psychic nature as he perilously acquires Psi Powers." - John Clute, entry on Joanna Russ, in John Clute and David Langford (editors), "SF Encyclopedia", 4th edition (online). .
Synopsis
And Chaos Died (1970) is a science fiction novel by Joanna Russ, perhaps the genre's best-known feminist author. Its setting is a dystopian projection of modern society, in which Earth's population has continued to grow, with the effects somewhat mitigated by advanced technology. The novel was nominated for, but did not win, the 1970 Nebula Award.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25837
- Title
- And Chaos Died
- Author
- Russ, Joanna
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [c1976]
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.