"Valerie Solanas' 'SCUM Manifesto' was first published in 1968 after she had shot and nearly killed Andy Warhol. The text used here is the very altered version issued later." -- from book's back cover. "Life in this society being, at best, an utter bore and not aspect of society being at all relevant to woman, there remains to civic-minded, responsible, thrill-seeking females only to overthrow the government, eliminate the money system, institute complete automation and destroy the mail sex." -- from book's front cover.