CHILDREN OF THE ATOM. [New York]: Gnome Press, Inc., [1953]. Octavo, cloth. First edition. Fix-up novel connecting a series of stories published in ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION between November 1948 and March 1950, plus two first published here about super-intelligent children in hiding. On the Science Fiction Book Club's list of "The Most Significant SF & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, 1953-2002." Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1008. Survey of Science Fiction Literature I, pp. 349-53. A fine copy in bright, nearly fine dust jacket with several tiny closed tears at upper edge. A nice copy. (#86564).
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