Vintage 176 page mass market paperback titled WINE OF THE DREAMERS by John D. MacDonald/ Fawcett Gold Medal #R1994, Unstated Printing, Copyright 1951 (Fawcett Gold Medal #R1994 printed in 1968 per The Internet Speculative Fiction Database)/ Wine of the Dreamers is a 1951 science fiction novel by American writer John D. MacDonald. Wine of the Dreamers was his first science fiction novel and one of his earliest published novels altogether. Though he later also wrote the science fiction novels Ballroom of the Skies and The Girl, the Gold Watch Everything, MacDonald was primarily a writer of mysteries. A later version was published under the name Planet of the Dreamers before reverting to the original title upon further printings. The book is set both on Earth (dealing with a top-secret military spaceflight project in an imagined 1975) and a far-away planet of humans able to influence Earth while they sleep, believing that the planet and all its inhabitants are simply part of their dreams that they can toy with. MacDonald described the book as "a symbolic novel of how when original purposes are forgotten, the uses of ritual can be destructive." The book is complete and in GOOD condition with some overall wear that includes some cover creases. The edges of the insides of the front and back covers are browning and the inside pages are off-white. There are some ink stamps on the top and bottom edges of the closed book pages. There is a name written in ink on the top of the first page. (see pictures)