BLACK STAR RISING

New York: Ballantine Books, 1985. Octavo, cloth-backed boards. First edition. "In a Chinese dominated twenty-first century, an American peasant escapes the drudgery of the paddy fields and eventually makes his way into outer space, where he finds a lost colony of independent Americans." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 42. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, Additions. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#4088) (Inventory #: 4088)