Missing Man Hardcover – January 1, 1975 by Katherine MACLEAN EUC

MISSING MAN By Katherine MacLean Disaster & death are in store for The City unless the Rescue Squad can find the missing man in Nebula Award winner Katherine MacLean's eagerly awaited first novel. George Sanford had a gift for guessing right the first time & very little else going for him. When Ahmed & his other friends in his gang grew up, they all advanced in school & got jobs, but George couldn’t score well on tests, & there aren’t any jobs for guys like George in The City. George never even wanted to sign his name, let alone fill out applications and reports. When he bumps into his old gang leader, Ahmed, now a member of The City’s Rescue Squad, George is swept up in the excitement of a hunt for a trapped girl. It is George who finds her, w his special talent. George rapidly becomes the unconventional pride of the Rescue Squad. With Ahmed to run interference for him with the bureaucracy, George becomes a “consultant, and his talents grow. And George begins to change. With each success he discovers more about himself & more about the society he lives in, & he begins to doubt. When a missing computer man’s knowledge is put to use by an irresponsible gang of revolutionaries, threatening to destroy The City, George rescues the computerman & meets Larry, warped boy genius & leader of the gang.   Excellent Vintage Pre-Owned Condition, has some marks on the dust cover.    Smoke free home   New to Poshmark? Sign up with code REGGIE88188 and get $10 off your first purchase.