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No Binding. Condizione: Near Fine. Clean and unmarked inside and out. Slight toning and a light crease near the top of the front cover. Very little wear otherwise. The magazine will be packed with a backing card, bubble-wrapped and shipped in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Talking about Rare" by Eugene Trentacoste; "President's Report" by Bruce Cox; "Cabooses Convene at Dallas Penn Station" by William D. Hakkarinen; "Freight Cars and Billboards" by Charles Swanson; "783 Conversion Completed" by David W. Roxin; "Converted Automobile Dump Flat Car" by George Essig; "The Tinplate Corner" by Robert A. Brookbank; "Lionel News and Views" by William J. Schmeelk; "Taking the Kinks Out" by Joseph H. Whitaker, Jr.; "The Back Shop" by Bill Beatty; "Maintenance of Way" by Joe Holbrook; "Those Wonderful Hudsons--Part VIII" by Charles A. Fellencer, Jr.; "Can Somebody Supply Information On My Crossing?" by Neil K. Yerger; "The History of LCCA Convention Cars--Part II" by Bill Button; "LCCA Reports"; and "Membership".

Joe Pierson (illustratore). Octavo, cloth. Later edition. Limited to 500 copies of which this is one of 389 trade copies. "The Edenic planet of Pao has been occupied virtually without resistance by the invaders from the harsh planet of Breakness. The story of the rise of the formerly passive peoples of Pao to regain their freedom is an example of the biosociological and linguistic theories that environment and language shape the talents and perceptions sentient beings may possess. To become competitive, the people of Pao must learn more violent arts and languages that express degrees of quality and strength" (Anatomy of Wonder [1987] 3-762). "The heir to the Panarchy of Pao is held prisoner on the planet Breakness and forced to learn their guttural language in an attempt to break his passive, orderly habits of thought. Meanwhile, the usurper of his home planet carries out the same experiment on a grand scale, training the Paonese in various artificial languages to suit them for his plans of universal conquest. In the end the conflict is resolved by the development of yet another language, Pastiche, enabling people with different cultural assumptions to communicate. Cleverly conceived: one of Vance's best" (Pringle). Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1164. Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 205. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 268. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1135-39. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#163083).