OPERATION ARES
Wolfe, Gene
Sold by Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since December 14, 2022
Used - Soft cover
Condition: Used - Good
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Add to basketSold by Arches Bookhouse, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since December 14, 2022
Condition: Used - Good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSIGNED by Gene Wolfe on the title page, inscribed 'To Alan.' First Printing, a paperback original. [6], 7-208pp. Spine leaning, tips a bit worn and a small dampstain to the front cover at head, light crease to spine, front wrapper creased near spine, otherwise clean and unmarked with sound, uncracked binding. First written in 1965, Operation Ares depicts a distopian future in which an authoritarian leftist dictatorship has overseen a Unites States 'slipping into a primitive past, turning its back on technology--and abandoning its Martian colony.' In a twist on the 'Mars Attacks' trope, it is human Martians who attempt to conquer earth and are abbetted by an obscure teacher named John Castle. Wolfe's first novel, a 'generally undistinguished' effort (Larry McCaffery). In an interview with Melissa Mia Hall in 2007, Wolfe stated, 'I don't think Operation Ares is a very good novel . I wasn't really skillful enough to write a good novel.' (Shadows of the New Sun: Wolfe on Writing/Writers on Wolfe, p. 41) Its mediocrity is to blame for its current scarcity; even unsigned it is not a common book.
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