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The Squares of the City

by John Brunner

Part of the A Ballantine science fiction original series

319 pages · 1965

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Ballantine Books, 1965. paperback, 3rd printing stated. Hugo nominee and British Fantasy Award winner. This novel explores the idea of subliminal messages as political tools, and it is notable for having the structure of a famous 1892 chess game between Wilhelm Steinitz and Mikhail Chigorin.

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