Limbo
| Title | Limbo |
| Year for Search | 1952 |
| Authors | Wolfe, Bernard(1915-85) |
| Pagination | 438 pp. |
| Date Published | 1952 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Place Published | New York |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Dystopia. After a world war that has destroyed most countries, the U.S. becomes the center for men voluntarily amputating limbs to stop them from waging war. The prosthetics are very advanced and are perceived as enhancing human abilities. War resumes anyway. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. Illus. London: Gollancz, 2016 xi + 413 pp. , with an “Introduction to Bernard Wolfe” by Harlan Ellison® (ix-xi) (Excepts had appeared in Again, Dangerous Visions. Ed Harlan Ellison. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972; other excerpts originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times (September 23, 1974); and an “Introduction to Limbo by David Pringle (1-2) Originally published in Science Fiction: The 100 best novels: An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984. Ed. David Pringle (New York: Carroll & Graf, 1985); New York: Ace Books, [1963]; and New York: Carroll & Graf, 1987. U.K. ed. as Limbo ‘90. London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. 438 pp. A story that became part of the novel is “Self Portrait.” Illus. Martin Schneider. Galaxy Science Fiction 3.2 (November 1951): 58-83. |
| Title Note | U.K. ed as Limbo '90 |
| Illustration | Illlus. |
| Holding Institutions | DLC, L, MoU-St, NcD, PSt |
| Author Note | For a time, the author (1915-85) was Leon Trotsky’s (1879-1940) bodyguard before his assassination |
| Full Text | 1952 Wolfe, Bernard (1915-85). Limbo. Illus. New York: Random House. 438 pp. Rpt. Illus. London: Gollancz, 2016 xi + 413 pp. , with an “Introduction to Bernard Wolfe” by Harlan Ellison® (ix-xi) (Excepts had appeared in Again, Dangerous Visions. Ed Harlan Ellison. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972; other excerpts originally appeared in the Los Angeles Times (September 23, 1974); and an “Introduction to Limbo by David Pringle (1-2) Originally published in Science Fiction: The 100 best novels: An English-Language Selection, 1949-1984. Ed. David Pringle (New York: Carroll & Graf, 1985); New York: Ace Books, [1963]; and New York: Carroll & Graf, 1987. U.K. ed. as Limbo ‘90. London: Secker & Warburg, 1953. 438 pp. A story that became part of the novel is “Self Portrait.” Illus. Martin Schneider. Galaxy Science Fiction 3.2 (November 1951): 58-83. DLC, L, MoU-St, NcD, PSt Dystopia. After a world war that has destroyed most countries, the U.S. becomes the center for men voluntarily amputating limbs to stop them from waging war. The prosthetics are very advanced and are perceived as enhancing human abilities. War resumes anyway. For a time, the author was Leon Trotsky’s (1879-1940) bodyguard before his assassination. |
