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UTOPIA, U.S.A.
SF: Alternatives Foundation, 1972. First edition. 4to. Wrps., 232pp. Edited and with an introduction by Richard Fairfield (founder of The Modern Utopian). Foreword by Walt Odets (a clinical psychologist and later an HIV/AIDS activist). Illustrated throughout, including numerous photographs by Odets, Bob Fitch, Peter Simon, and others.
A companion volume and sequel to 'Communes, U.S.A.', printing a compendium of articles (most of them culled from the underground and alternative press) written by people who visited communes and lived communally in which they describe their experiences. Includes The Process (by Brenda Lyons); Jesus Freaks (by Alan Watts); Mel Lyman (by Paul Mills); Drop City and Trans-Love Energies (both by Walt Odets, including an interview with John Sinclair); Bobby Seale on Black Communalism; Steve Gaskin's Farm; Food Co-ops; Back-to-the-Land Communes; Urban Communes; Gay Collectives; Women's Collectives; and many more.
Wrappers lightly rubbed, with partial discolouration along three edges, o/w Very Good plus.
