Signet, New York, September 1972, 1st pr thus.  MMPB, 174 pages.  Wraps show edge and heavy cover wear, creases and reading creases, small splits at spine ends, age toning and small marks on rear wrap; binding sound with a lean.  Interior clean and unmarked with tanning pages.  ‘The year is 2381.  The place is Urban Monad 116, of the constellation Chipitts.  The population of this thousand-story structure is 800,000+ and always growing.  The essence of life is to be blessworthy and to multiply, to afford one’s neighbours any type of sexual fulfillment, and above all, to avoid the evil of frustration.  But every world has its heretics, and there are those who question the quality of life in the Urbmons.’ (from rear wrap)