MARUSEK, DAVID - Counting Heads

Tor. 2005, First Edition. (ISBN: 0765312670) Hard Cover. Ill.: Moore, Chris. Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Hardcover first edition, first printing. Expansion of the critically acclaimed novella ‘‘We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy’’ first published in November 1995 in Asimov's. Outstanding debut novel and scarce first printing. "This extraordinary debut novel puts Marusek in the first rank of SF writers." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review). "[A]lmost certainly the most impressive and significant first novel the SF field will see this year." Gary K. Wolfe, Locus. "One of my favorite books of last year in any category, and an exemplary entry in the sci-fi genre..[A]n ambitious, sometimes brilliant and sometimes overwhelming attempt to provide a fully realized portrait of what society might be like in the 22nd century.." - Dave Itzkoff, The New York Times Book Review. Award History: 2006 Preliminary Nebula Award Ballot; 2005 John W. Campbell Award Finalist (lost to Mindscan by Robert J. Sawyer). New/New.