Tight, flat, square, sharp book with owner's marks, bookstore stamps, and ex-libris on the FFEP. Part one of a trilogy consisting of two books (per ISFDB). Tight, flat, square. Edge wear. Corners bumped. Wraps creased.
How did brain transplantation replace physical combat? How had environmental pollution resulted in totalitarianism?
Why was the Chinese anthem being broadcast from an asteroid?
Why had mysticism become the dominant religion?
Why had the world's scientific community gone underground?
Why had a beautiful young girl chosen Martian exile?
The Persimmion Sequence.
MANKIND'S TOMORROW...FUTURE'S BLUEPRINT
More psychological depth than STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND and more scientific accuracy than ANDROMEDA STRAIN.