MARGROFF, ROBERT AND PIERS ANTHONY — The E.S. P. Worm

New York, NY: Paperback Library, 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. Mass Market PB. Illustrated by Herbert Norton Rogoff. Cover Art; This is a mass market paperback book. Paperback Book LIbrary #63-357, with a price of .60cents. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is one tiny nick / tear to the top rear cover edge. The text pages are in clean, bright condition. " (1930-2015) US author who published his first story, "Monster Tracks", in If in October 1964 solo, but became best known for the collaborations with Piers Anthony which comprise all his book-length work. These began with two sf novels, The Ring (1968) – the titular device being imposed on criminals to provide an artificial conscience that punishes conscious wrongdoing with severe pain (see Crime and Punishment) – and the rather more lightweight The E. S. P. Worm (1970). After a substantial delay, the collaborations with Anthony continued with the five-book Kelvin of Rud series of fantasies" (from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Encyclopedia). Very Good .