About this title: In the distant future, humanity has colonized and terraformed the solar system, and has linked the inner planets with giant cables. Most organic humans have at least some artificial intelligence components, there are artificial intelligences who live independently and marry humans, and sentient "cloudships" who once were human prowl the edges of the solar system. The debate over what it truly means to be human threatens to explode into war as the composer/dictator Ames, ruler of the Metaplanetary--the linked inner planetary system--attempts to extend his control over the outer planets, and ...
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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
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Eos, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780061051425ISBN:006105142X
Description: Fair in Fair jacket. 006105142X The covers have a little shelf wear. There are library stamps on the front endpaper and the top of the spine of the pages, a library call number sticker on the spine, and is covered in plastic library covering. This novel is about a future where humans rule over distant parts of the solar system, and the artificial intelligence systems that long for their own freedom. read more
Description: Good. Hardcover; former library book, encased in plastic, sticker on binding, first page removed, stamp on first page, no writing in text; RTB495. read more
Description: Used; Like New. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Science fiction novel about a solar system torn apart by civil war. Only a chosen few--a priest, a disgraced colonel and his estranged son, and a legendary artist--can avert a holocaust, and only if they can find each other in time. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Avon Books, New York
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780061051425ISBN:006105142X
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. First edition, First printing, with the corresponding number line. Book is in Very Good condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a small amount of wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar wrapper. All-ways well boxed, All-ways fast service. Thanks. read more
Description: Fine. 006105142X Excellent Condition First Edition ~ 1st Printing Hard cover book with paper dust jacket cover! Clean pages, Dust jacket has no tears, mild shelf rubs, this book is Near NEW! Shop & Save With US. read more
Description: Plain tan Wrappers. Fine, Unread Copy. Uncorrected Proof. Tony Daniel, noted for his short fiction and novels, delivers a sprawling, fast-paced space opera that takes place in a future solar system where two warring factions vie for dominance. The inner planets and the outer planets and their respective ideologies are at war and at stake is the future of humanity. An action-packed thought-provoking extrapolation that ranks as one of the best reads in recent memory. read more
"Best space opera of the past decade. Trippy, precise world-building, sharp characters, sigularity-level nano-tech, a one-named bad guy in the Foundation tradition, a hero priest and "cloudships" who vote on things. Perfect."
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