Leo P. Kelley. First edition. Dust Jacket: Very Good+ An unclipped jacket with original price $5.95 on inside flap. Jacket in a mylar protective wrapper designed by Enrico Scull. Hardcover: Very Good+ NY: Walker and Company, 1972. Green cloth with black lettering on spine. No writing or markings in the book, 202 pp.
A tale of the future set on a ruined Earth after World War Five, where nine human survivors in a computerized environment with simulacra activated by human emotions, thoughts and memories are observed by aliens. Leo Patrick Kelley (1928-2002) was an American author whose early work was mostly SF, but who concentrated on westerns from about 1980. His short story, "The Travelin' Man," was nominated for a Nebula Award.
