Wolfbane
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In a grim, twilight future where the Earth has been violently wrenched from its solar orbit by an enigmatic alien pyramid, humanity struggles to survive under a cold, mechanical sky. Wolfbane drops readers into a highly regimented, stagnant society of "Citizens"—repressed humans who survive on minimal resources through meditative passivity—and introduces Roget Germyn, a rare "Wolf" who retains his volatile, independent survival instincts. When the predatory extraterrestrial masters harvest Germyn to integrate his mind into their massive, interconnected global machine complex, he must spark an underground rebellion from within the very circuits of the alien grid. This masterful mid-century satire stands as one of the final, brilliant collaborations between genre titans Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, offering a scathing critique of post-war social conformity and technological dependency. The authors employ a sharp, economical prose style packed with cynical wit and inventive world-building, seamlessly fusing dystopian sociological dread with hard speculative concepts. Highly regarded for its sophisticated take on the collective consciousness trope, this elusive Science Fiction Book Club printing is an essential piece for collectors tracking the golden evolutionary arc of 20th-century speculative fiction.
Author: C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, The Science Fiction Book Club (by arrangement with Victor Gollancz Ltd), London
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
In a grim, twilight future where the Earth has been violently wrenched from its solar orbit by an enigmatic alien pyramid, humanity struggles to survive under a cold, mechanical sky. Wolfbane drops readers into a highly regimented, stagnant society of "Citizens"—repressed humans who survive on minimal resources through meditative passivity—and introduces Roget Germyn, a rare "Wolf" who retains his volatile, independent survival instincts. When the predatory extraterrestrial masters harvest Germyn to integrate his mind into their massive, interconnected global machine complex, he must spark an underground rebellion from within the very circuits of the alien grid. This masterful mid-century satire stands as one of the final, brilliant collaborations between genre titans Frederik Pohl and C. M. Kornbluth, offering a scathing critique of post-war social conformity and technological dependency. The authors employ a sharp, economical prose style packed with cynical wit and inventive world-building, seamlessly fusing dystopian sociological dread with hard speculative concepts. Highly regarded for its sophisticated take on the collective consciousness trope, this elusive Science Fiction Book Club printing is an essential piece for collectors tracking the golden evolutionary arc of 20th-century speculative fiction.