Isbn: 9780586045398 - roderick (3 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned.

Zustand: Good. Light wear to the softcover. Lightly tanned textblock. Content is in very good, clean condition.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 348 pages. Cover worn/ scuffed & tanned. Text tanned. Light foxing inside covers/ ffeps.He isn't human; but he isn't all robot either. He started life in a lab, went to Parochial School, was kidnapped by gypsies, chased by roboticidal, and incom petent, hit-men, told fortunes on the Midway, and finally fostered by an elderly couple who gave up writing science fiction when their stories came true. He's R oderick, the first robot programmed to learn and think, and sent out into the wo rld to re-invent it.Prodigious, dazzling, inventive, RODERICK, is a mod ern masterpiece, a fabulous joyride through the whole crazy, zany funhouse of mo dern existence, and a parable about all human life.A classic novel.It r eeks simultaneously of Candide, Catch-22, Player Piano, The Wizard of Oz - Guard ianSuperb.comparable with - at time even overtaking - early Kurt Vonneg ut - Time OutJohn Sladek is a science fiction writer whose novels are dri ven by an incisive, literate humour. IN fact he is downright funny. Mr Sladek's latest satire is up to his usual high standard.one of the few serious achievem ents in a medium which is rapidly exchanging innovation for self-indulgence.Th e prose is stunning, the characterisation immaculate, the insights unique: Roder ick is a small masterpiece - Now!Cover illustration: Ray Winder.…