Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Second edition, first printing of the revised text. Ballantine Books 02068. After an accidental nuclear holocaust devastates the Earth, the American Catholic Eclectic Church brutally enforces the Eleventh Commandment, "Be fruitful and multiply." Although the planet is safe (nuclear weapons are banned) it is grossly overcrowded, polluted and economically depressed. However, wild breeding is necessary to strengthen the radiation damaged gene pool to create a new, stronger human race. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-307. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 282. Cover edges rubbed, several paper adhesions to rear cover, a very good copy. (#142768).

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Title

THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT .

Publisher

Ballantine Books, New York

Publication Date

1970

Language

English

ISBN 10

0345020685

ISBN 13

9780345020680

Binding

Soft cover

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1st Edition

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Ballantine, 1970, first paperback printing. Originally published in 1962, then revised for this edition. The Catholic Church controls the state and promotes re-population of a post-apocalyptic earth.

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