James Gunn — The Joy Makers

London, Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1963 . Cloth. An uncommon, first UK edition of this utopian, science fiction novel written by American author James Gunn. First UK edition. First published in the US in 1961.Uncommon work. With the original, unclipped Gollancz dust wrapper. Written by American author and critic, James Gunn, who published numerous stories of science-fiction throughout his life, many of which he spent as the Director of the Center for the Study of Science Fiction, an organisation now called the Gunn Center. 'The Joy Makers' tells the story of "a society whose members are controlled by synthetic forms of release that corrode their sense of reality", as outlined by John Clute in 'The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction&apos. Divided in three parts, this novel takes place in a utopian society which is entirely dedicated to the pleasure principle. Bound in the publisher's cloth, with the original, unclipped dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with light shelf wear only. Stamp and date of '1964' to the front free endpaper. Dust wrapper is very smart, with light edge wear and a very small tear to the front joint tail. Slight sunning to the spine and the odd mark to wrap. Internally, firmly bound with bright, clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Very Good Indeed.