EARTH MADE OF GLASS
by Barnes, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 185798465X
- ISBN 13
- 9781857984651
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About This Item
London, U.K.: Millenium, 1998. First British Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. At the furthest reaches of the galaxy exist the Thousand Cultures, societies scattered across 31 inhabited worlds in 25 star systems. The Inner Complex - which includes Earth - has been able to exert control over the Thousand Cultures because it contains 90% of all human population and because all traffic must pass through it. But humanity is expanding and the complexes are beginning to fight over access to the frontier worlds. Giraut and Margaret are posted to the frontline - Quidde, base of Chaka Home: a culture based on a Millennialist black American sect claiming spiritual descent from Chaka Zulu's army. But they aren't the only culture on Quidde and history looks very much like repeating itself as three factions engage in a struggle that echoes the bloody twentieth century wars in Rwanda and Bosnia. Giraut and Margaret must hunt out the last vestiges of good in a corrupt world - or risk seeing humanity as we know it disappear forever.EARTH MADE OF GLASS is the second book in the Million Open Doors series.It was nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Award for Best Book. New, unread, first British edition, first printig, in new, mylar-protected dust cover. [Not remainder-marked or price-clipped] L158
Synopsis
Earth Made of Glass (1999) is a science fiction novel, the second book of the Thousand Cultures series, by John Barnes whose story is told from the perspective of a middle-aged special agent named Giraut. Earth Made of Glass examines religious extremism when two different cultures are forced into close proximity.
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- Joe Staats, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023733
- Title
- EARTH MADE OF GLASS
- Author
- Barnes, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First British Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 185798465X
- ISBN 13
- 9781857984651
- Publisher
- Millenium
- Place of Publication
- London, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 320
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Product_type
- 2
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