Author: John Hodgson Title: The Great God Waste
Description: Eggington, Beds. John Hodgson, 1933 . First edition. Paperback. The scarce first edition of John Hodgson's fictionalised discussion of capitalism, technocrats, and robotics. The scarce first edition of this work, bound in the publisher's original paper wraps. This work was also issued in cloth, with no priority stated.The work of inventor and writer John Hodgson, best known for the science fiction novel 'The Time-Journey of Dr. Barton. An Engineering and Sociological Forecast based on Present Possibilities&apos.In this work, he presents a fictional study of the tendency of capitalists, fascists and communists to 'robotise the individual&apos.A contemporary review in Nature remarked that 'Mr. Hodgson has wandered up and down and to and fro, with the amazing resultant discovery, that the U.S.S.R. deserves praise at the expense of the rest of the world&apos. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Wraps lightly age toned, with significant handling marks to rear wrap. Loss of paper to back strip tail, with a further small loss of paper to the centre of the back strip. Internally, generally firmly bound, with binding strained between pages 64 and 65. Pages bright and generally clean, with the odd handling mark. Good . Ill.: Greta Tolson; Albert Daenens. Good .
Keywords: John Lawrence Hodgson The Time-Journey of Dr. Barton. An Engineering and Sociological Forecast based on Present Possibilities ussr technocrats The Time-Journey of Dr. Barton. An Engineering and Sociological Forecast based on Present Possibilities Greta
Price: GBP 50.00 = appr. US$ 71.40 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 910F26
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