The Asylum World

The Asylum World by John Jakes
New York: Paperback Library, 1969. First Edition.

$15

Mass market paperback original. Bright cover art typical of the psychedelic pulp era; spine remains square with only light edgewear. Pages are clean with gentle age toning. Most notably, the original double-page science fiction magazine advertisement remains fully intact in the centerfold—an uncommon survival that adds vintage charm and collector value.

A wild dystopian satire from John Jakes, The Asylum World lampoons social control, media spectacle, and technocratic bureaucracy in a planet-wide “treatment center” where individuality is the only crime. This was published during Jakes’s sci-fi phase, prior to his historical blockbusters, and is now a cult collectible among vintage SF and counterculture paperback fans.

📚 Condition: Very good; intact spine, clean pages, original mid-book ad present
📆 Published: 1969
🔖 Edition: Paperback Library #63-826, First Printing