(#108630) GOOD NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE. John Kessel.

GOOD NEWS FROM OUTER SPACE. New York: Tor, [1989]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "Mysterious aliens make their appearance in an America of 1999 which is descending into fin-de-siecle craziness." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 160. "Kessel's aliens serve a vital function ... caught in their pitiless experiments (play?), or setting them in the place of age-old icons of good and evil, humankind reveals itself in all its sad, frightening, wonderful complexity." - Faren Miller, Locus. 1989 Nebula nominee. Kessel's novella "Another Orphan" won the 1983 Nebula Award. His earlier novel, co-authored with James Patrick Kelly was FREEDOM BEACH (Bluejay Books 1985). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-592. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1986-2009. Lower spine end lightly bruised, a nearly fine copy in nearly fine dust jacket with faint matching bruise. (#108630).

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"First edition: August 1989 / 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on copyright page.