
Eos/Avon, New York, 1999, reprint. ISBN 0-380-63313-2. MMPB, 232 pages. Good reading copy; wraps show some creases, edge and cover wear, some colour chipping. Binding sound; interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages. ‘In the One State of the great Benefactor, there are no individuals, only numbers. … One number, D-503, chief architect of the Integral, decides to record his thoughts in the final days before the launch for the benefit of less advanced societies. But a chance meeting with the beautiful I-330 results in an unexpected discovery that threatens everything D-503 believes about himself and the One State. The discovery – or rediscovery – of inner space…and that disease the ancients called the soul.’ (from rear wrap)