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AGENT OF CHAOS (1970) Norman Spinrad - A Unibook PB - Science Fiction
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Estimated to arrive by Thu, Apr 9th.
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FREE via Standard shipping (1 to 5 business days) to United States
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OBO - Seller accepts offers on this item.
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Item traits
| Category: | |
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| Quantity Available: |
Only one in stock, order soon |
| Condition: |
Unspecified by seller, may be new. |
| Binding: |
Softcover, Wraps |
| Special Attributes: |
1st Edition |
| ISBN: |
Does not apply |
| Year Printed: |
1970 |
| Country/Region of Manufacture: |
United States |
| Language: |
English |
| Original/Facsimile: |
Original |
| Seller Notes: |
“See item description” |
| Modified Item: |
No |
| Topic: |
Utopian Society |
| Author: |
Norman Spinrad |
| Subject: |
Science Fiction |
| Publisher: |
A Unibook |
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| Price discount: |
40% off w/ $100.00 spent |
| Posted for sale: |
More than a week ago |
| Item number: |
1317225424 |
Item description
AGENT OF CHAOS
By Norman Spinrad
157 page mass market paperback, A Unibook, Modern Promotions, Unstated printing, Copyright 1970
First published in the 1960s, Spinrad was one of the first writers to perceive the totalitarian implications of the cradle-to-grave welfare state. But at the same time he was too organically a radical ever to be confused with a conservative. Result: Agent of Chaos! Boris Johnson thinks he wants democracy. But in the course of his adventures he discovers that democracy to him means freedom. It's a banned concept from the Millennium of Religion. Like God. He finds himself dealing with a byzantine political situation worthy of anything from the banned past. The dictatorship is the Hegemony. Opposition is provided by the aptly named agents of C.H.A.O.S. Meanwhile, the Brotherhood of Assassins plays a game that no one can fathom. Whose side are they on? Whose fool are you? Spinrad explores his philosophical theme in a manner all too rare in contemporary science fiction. The problem is that Order will always try to eliminate any random factors. By its very nature, it encourages opposition and that feeds the forces of chaos. But chaos has built in problems as well. Its victories cannot help but feed the forces of reaction, of order. The heroes in this novel ultimately opt for personal freedom. The villains try to establish a dictatorship over the very nature of reality itself. And then Spinrad throws in the discovery of aliens. A starship sets forth to meet them, the Prometheus. The Hegemony doesn't like that.
The paperback is complete and in GOOD - VERY GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes a slightly tilted spine. The inside pages are lightly tanning and there is a name stamp on the top edge of the closed book pages.
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