The Joyous Invasions by Sturgeon, Theodore - 1967-01-01

Penguin, 1967-01-01. 1st Edn Thus, 1st. Imp.. Paperback. VG++/VG+/ND. Box X33 SOFTBACK SHIPPED FROM THE UK.* Edition: 1st. Thus.* Date of Publication: 1967 (1965) * Publisher: Penguin Science-Fiction.* Binding and cover condition: Colour illustrated stiff card covers showing a modern fantastic figure in night attire on a black ground. Purple & white titles to face and to black spine strip. Spine slightly worn at edges. Minor shelf wear to lower edges & to head of spine. Light marks. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight & bright. No annotations or inscriptions. No marks or faults to pages. Some slight age darkening and marks to page edges especially to top. VG++ * Illustrations: None.* Pages: 207 pp. text. i pp. ads at rear.* Description:- Science Fiction, Three Stories that show s.f. in its maturity ~ and at its most original?. To Marry Medusa centres round a useless unwholesome bum who becomes the instrument of an extra-stellar civilisation.Top billing in The Comedian's Children goes to an outstanding TV performer called Heri Gonza. He might be sock, or he might be the benefactor of mankind. What he really is comes as an astonishing last-minute cliffhanger. The (Widget), The (Wadget), and Boff is a real charmer. Five specimens of the human race are the subjects of a cosmic experiment. And it's a boon and a blessing for every one of them!.* This is a NEAR VG++ copy of the 1st thus with some minor age & wear reducing it to VG+.* 0