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Great Sky River
by Gregory Benford
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0553052381
- ISBN 13
- 9780553052381
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
€9.34€6.54
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About This Item
New York, NY: A Bantam Spectra Book , 1987 A Bantam Spectra Book, New York. 1987. Hardcover. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; scant bottom edge shelfwear. DJ: Fine; NOT Price Clipped ($17.95); scant wear to tips. Blue paper over boards with dark blue cloth overlay on the spine; bright silver lettering on the spine. Clean internals; internal hinges are sound and not split. 326 pp 8vo. This book is set at the center of our galaxy where lurks a black hole. The future is dominated by artificial minds and humans have the status of cockroaches. The last remnants of humanity are on a flight from extinction crossing the barren wastes of the planet Snowglade. Opposed by imponderable forces this small band is swept along on an odyssey of wonder and terror. Fear and dawning recognition drive them forward toward a realization of huge unsuspected perspectives on life's position in a hostile galaxy. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 013892
- Title
- Great Sky River
- Author
- Gregory Benford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0553052381
- ISBN 13
- 9780553052381
- Publisher
- A Bantam Spectra Book
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1987
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- science fiction, space fiction, planetary warfare, Gregory Benford, black holes, artificial intelligence, computer minds, humanity, Snowglide, Nebula awards.
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Tight
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- Brodart
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- Jacket
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- Cloth
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