(#159789) GARBAGE WORLD. Charles Platt.

GARBAGE WORLD. [New York]: A Berkley Medallion Book published by Berkley Publishing Corporation, [1967]. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Berkley X1470. The author's first published novel (and first book), a scatological satire initially published in NEW WORLDS. "One asteroid used as a garbage dump for pleasure worlds. Social science fiction with pleasure worlds as dystopias." - Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 305. "An asteroid called Kopra is used as the solar system's rubbish dump, and it has become home to a pack of filthy beachcombers. A satire on anal-obsessiveness which is fitfully funny." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 152. Margins of inner covers a bit tanned, else a fine copy. (#159789).

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BERKLEY MEDALLION EDITION, NOVEMBER, 1967" on copyright page.