BLOOM. [London: Millennium An Imprint of Orion Books Ltd., 1999.]. Octavo, boards. First British edition. ''In the late twenty-first century, man-made, self-replicating organisms smaller than the tiniest bacteria, have mutated swept across the planet, spreading so swiftly that there is no time to do anything but flee and watch the Earth -- and then the whole inner Solar System -- literally consumed and incorporated into the entity known as the Mycosystem. A few years later, the remnants of humanity cling to existence in the asteroid belt and the moons of Jupiter, fighting off the spread of the Mycosystem while they work feverishly to build a starship to carry them to safety. They then discover that the Mycosystem is mutating in a way which may soon endanger them again. The only way to be sure is for volunteers to journey into the heart of the Mycosystem, a realm from which no one has ever returned." - publisher's description. Broderick and Di Filippo, Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels, 1985-2010 #54. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#140629).
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"First published in Great Britain in 1999" on copyright page.