ISBN: 9780441010721 - singularity sky (10 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Zustand: Fair. In the far future, information demands to be free. In the twenty-first century, life as we know it changed. Faster-than-light travel was perfected, and the Eschaton, a superhuman artificial intelligence, was born. Four hundred years later, the far-flung colonies that arose as a result of these events--scattered over three thousand years of time and a thousand parsecs of space--are beginning to rediscover their origins. The New Republic is one such colony. It has existed for centuries in self-imposed isolation, rejecting all but the most basic technology. Now, under attack by a devastating information plague, the colony must reach out to Earth for help. A battle fleet is dispatched, streaking across the stars to the rescue. But things are not what they seem--secret agendas and ulterior motives abound, both aboard the ship and on the ground. And watching over it all is the Eschaton, which has its own very definite ideas about the outcome.…

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. dj. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, 313 pages. In Very Good minus condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine sky blue with black lettering. Exterior has slight wear including faint soiling and minor edge wear. Boards have very mild wear. Text block has slight wear including slight foxing to the edges. First edition, first printing. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Col. CC. 1414497. FP New Rockville Stock.…

Zustand: Very Good. First US Edition. VG : in very good condition with dust jacket. 240mm x 160mm (9" x 6"). 313pp. Signed by the author on the title page. Light blue hardback cloth cover.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 1st Edition. First US Proof Edition, First Printing. This true first edition, first printing (first impression) with the number "1" to the copyright page to indicate a true first print, a collector's copy. SIGNED by Charles Stross to the title page. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Singularity Sky (2003) by Charles Stross. Published by Ace Books. First edition. First print. Book is in Near Fine condition with minor crease to lower spine and minor bend to pages (top text block). Belonging to a new generation of sf authors which came to prominence post-2000, Charles Stross captures perhaps better than anybody else the dizzying times of rapid technological development we live in. Where Accellerando (2005) fleshes out the lives of one family caught in the take-off phase of a technological singularity, Singularity Sky delivers an equally absurd tale of a society that all of a sudden is granted access to matter replication devices.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Singularity Sky (2003) by Charles Stross. Published by Ace Books. Uncorrected proof. Signed by Charles Stross (signature only). Book is Fine condition. Belonging to a new generation of sf authors which came to prominence post-2000, Charles Stross captures perhaps better than anybody else the dizzying times of rapid technological development we live in. Where Accellerando (2005) fleshes out the lives of one family caught in the take-off phase of a technological singularity, Singularity Sky delivers an equally absurd tale of a society that all of a sudden is granted access to matter replication devices. Signed by Author(s).…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.