Publisher's glossy pictorial wraps. 12mo. This book takes you on a phantasmagorical expedition through the city where choice of alternatives, be they biological, social or technological are infinite. Collects eight linked stories. [Barron AW, 4-95]. Clever and atmospheric work- [Pringle Ultimate SF, 67]. The setting for many of his stories Is a California transmuted by SF devices and milieux into an image, sometimes scarifying, sometimes joyful, of the culmination of the American Dream. The earlier stories of the sequence intricately develop a strangely moving vision of the rococo, many-shaped life by which mankind is ultimately destined to explicate itself. [CN SF Encyclo, p 168. 1977][World Fantasy Finalist for Best Anthology/Collection]. These are contemporary horror stories with monsters more frightening than old-fashioned ghosts and vampires - Kirkus Reviews. . Former owner's initials on fep, else fine. NEAR FINE. . Mass Market Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall