Limbo '90
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of American dystopian science fiction, Limbo '90 presents a chilling vision of a post-World War III society set in 1990, written by Bernard Wolfe and first published in 1952. Set on a remote island, the novel chronicles the journey of a neurosurgeon who discovers that the survivors of the war have embraced voluntary amputation as a radical pacifist ideology — rendering themselves literally unable to wage war. Wolfe argues through savage satire and dark wit that humanity's drive toward self-destruction is inescapable, skewering Cold War politics, Freudian theory, and utopian idealism in equal measure. Densely intellectual yet propulsive in its storytelling, the novel stands as one of the most provocative and underappreciated works of speculative fiction of the 20th century, drawing comparisons to Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Author: Bernard Wolfe
Format: Paperback
Genre: Science fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A landmark of American dystopian science fiction, Limbo '90 presents a chilling vision of a post-World War III society set in 1990, written by Bernard Wolfe and first published in 1952. Set on a remote island, the novel chronicles the journey of a neurosurgeon who discovers that the survivors of the war have embraced voluntary amputation as a radical pacifist ideology — rendering themselves literally unable to wage war. Wolfe argues through savage satire and dark wit that humanity's drive toward self-destruction is inescapable, skewering Cold War politics, Freudian theory, and utopian idealism in equal measure. Densely intellectual yet propulsive in its storytelling, the novel stands as one of the most provocative and underappreciated works of speculative fiction of the 20th century, drawing comparisons to Huxley's Brave New World and Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four.