(#157953) OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON. Mark Geston.

OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON. New York: Ace Publishing Corporation, [1969]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Ace Books 64460. Geston's earlier novel, LORDS OF THE STARSHIP (1967), is set "In a far future [in which] a nation whose ancestors once built starships attempts to duplicate their achievement, though the country no longer has the appropriate technology and must sped many generations on the project. OUT OF THE MOUTH OF THE DRAGON (1969) is set in the same desolate far future and deals with the last of the many wars that have laid it to waste. Related novels are THE DAY STAR (1972) and THE SIEGE OF WONDER (1976). Grim and somber stories, with some fine imagery and a uniquely bitter ennui." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-434. "A brilliant picture of a meaningless world of misunderstood prophecy and misappropriate technology which fights the battle of Armageddon, finds to its distaste it still exists, picks itself up, dusts itself down, then does it again and again and again." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 270. A bright, nearly fine copy. (#157953).

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