About this title: The introduction of a popular new technology, called imprinting, that allows people to make ephemeral clay copies--"dittos"--of themselves, leads to all kinds of new crimes. Private investigator Albert Morris traffics in the dark realm of ditto infringement, rooting out criminal copiers. When a legitimate imprinting research scientist is murdered, ...
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Description: Good. Purchasing this DVD supports the North Central Regional Library. Thriftbooks and NCRL have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Library ID found on DVD and case. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Tom Doherty & Associates
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780765342614ISBN:0765342618
Description: Grade: C. Catalog: Science Fiction General Synopsis: 568 pages. In a perilous future, disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every citizen's legal and illicit whim. Life as a 24-hour 'ditto' is cheap, as Al... read more
Description: Very Good. 0765303558 tight spine, clean pages, no dust jacket books may have some minor wearhouse damage. Stickers may be on spine or covers. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: TOR Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780765303554ISBN:0765303558
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The book is very solid with bright, unmarked pages. The dust jacket has minor shelf & edge wear. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780765303554ISBN:0765303558
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. 336 p.; 1.65" x 9.57" x 6.53". Very clean, solid book. Has stamped, on first page, in red, "BOOK SALE" read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates, N. Y.
Date Published: 2002
Description: Cover Art. Very Good in Very Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. X-library with normal flaws....The hard cover and the jacket has very light shelf wear...........The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed.... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Tor Books
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780765303554ISBN:0765303558
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 336 p. Audience: General/trade. First printing, full number line. Pages clean, bright and unmarked. Coffee like splatter on upper edge (small and faint) with the last four page corners creased. Binding tight, boards clean, corners square with light bumping on edge. Dust Jacket shiny and agttractive with very little edge/shelf wear (a few crinkles and slight edge curl) and DJ is in VG (plus) condition. A very interesting book. read more
Binding: MASS MARKET PAPERBACK
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
ISBN-13:9780765342614ISBN:0765342618
Description: Very Good. 0765342618 Mass Market Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light curve to the spine / light reading creases to the covers. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Tor Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780765342614ISBN:0765342618
Description: Good. Book has faint creases in spine, with very slight tilt, no marks or other creases. read more
"I dislike many of Brin's books, but I found Kiln People very compelling. The background is that humanity has found a way to live in parallel by replicating themselves into golems that live only one day. We follow the many incarnations of a detective as they wander through a city, independently solving a case and learning more about the nature of what it is to be a golem vs. a human. The ending was weak, but the book is thought-provoking enough to be worthwhile regardless."
"some creepy guy (who looked just like the simpsons' comic book guy) recommended this to me in my favorite used book store. he claimed it should have won Hugo instead of Neil Gaiman. I was hooked from the beginning, partially because the premise of the novel resonated with me. It was a fantastic read up until the last third of the book, which takes place over approximately ten minutes of the story's timeline. Some authors don't know how to edit."
"This is a detective/sci-fi novel that's funny, doesn't take itself too seriously, but still raises a bunch of interesting questions through its sci-fi premise of "What would the world look like if we could all make temporary copies of ourselves to do our work". The writing is a bit like Richard Morgan's in Altered Carbon, but the general tone is a lot more laid back."
"Really 3 1/2 stars. A fun and engaging read but he lost me a little in the woo-woo soulscape section. Also, Brin should be pun-ished a bit for the often quite groan-worthy chapter titles; some of the headings had a 19th-century playfulness about them, and there were some clever literary references, but too many were trying too hard (I thought).
Quite separately from the reading experience, I nominate this as the sf novel most likely to be made into a movie in the next 5 years."
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