THE DEMOLISHED MAN. Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, [1986]. Octavo, illustrations by Vincent DiFate, publisher's full brown leather decorated in gold, all edges gilt. Later edition. Issued as part of the Easton Press "Masterpieces of Science Fiction" series. New Introduction by Kurt Vonnegut. A classic SF novel based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (1866) "in which the obsessed villain ultimately fails to avoid detection by a telepathic policeman, but finds the prospect of punitive 'demolition' less terrible than its name implies." - Clute and Nicholls (eds), The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993), p. 275. Winner of the 1953 Hugo award for best novel and runner-up for the 1954 International Fantasy Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-116. Pringle, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels 7. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. Survey of Science Fiction Literature II, pp. 529-32. A fine copy without dust jacket as issued. "Collector's Notes" leaflet laid in. (#179682).
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