Barrayar
by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
-
Salem, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Dust jacket is in excellent condition with light wear at spine; now in new removable protective cover. Quarter bound in black, with gray boards, with gilt print on spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Doubleday / Science Fiction Book Club hard cover with dust jacket, May 1992, SFBC #17907, ISBN: 9780385420785, 635 pages, cover art by Barclay Shaw. 8vo (5.75" x 8.5") 40 stories by the master, including: The Bicentennial Man (winner, 1976 Nebula Award, 1977 Hugo Award; basis of film); Founding Father (nominated, 1965 Nebula Award); 4 Susan Calvin Robot stories (Evidence, Galley Slave, Lenny, and Feminine Intuition); an Elijah Bailey / R. Daneel Olivaw story (Mirror Image); 3 Wendell Urth sf mystery stories (The Singing Bell, The Talking Stone, and The Key); and 30 others dating from 1941 to 1976.
Synopsis
Barrayar is a fictional planet in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga series of science fiction novels and stories. The series takes place at a time which is, apparently, one thousand years in the future. It is an Earth-like planet with a 26.7 hour day. Capital City: Vorbarr Sultana. Size/population: Barrayar itself has a very small population relative to many other planets in the universe.
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Details
- Seller
- Bujoldfan (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 11111702sfbc00998gb
- Title
- Barrayar
- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Illustrator
- Bob Eggleton
- Format/Binding
- Hard cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ace
- Place of Publication
- Garden City
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Vorkosigan
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction / Fantasy;
- Size
- 8vo
Terms of Sale
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Salem, Oregon
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