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Wallington, Surrey: Severn House, 1991. Very Good +/Very Good +. Wallington, Surrey: Severn House, 1991. First Hardcover Edition. Octavo; publisher's boards in pictorial dust jacket; 221pp. Minute wear to jacket extremities, spine panel a shade toned, else Very Good to Near Fine. Signed by the author on title page. First published in paperback by Ace in the U.S. (1981) and Gollancz in the UK (1988).
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In a theocratic world far into the future, cities control their own movements and organization. Constantly moving, growing and decaying, taking care of every need their inhabitants might think of, the cities have decided that humans are no longer a necessary part of their architecture, casting them out to wander in the wilderness and eke out a meager subsistence. To the exiled humans, the cities represent a paradisiacal Eden, a reminder of all they cannot attain due to their sinful and unworthy natures. But things are beginning to change. People are no longer willing to allow the cities to keep them out, choosing instead to force an entry and plunder at will. While the cities are starting to crumble and die because they have no purpose or reason to continue living without citizens. One woman, called mad by some and wise by others, is the only human allowed to inhabit a city. From her lonely and precarious position at the heart of one of the greatest cities ever, she must decide the fate of the relationship between human society and the ancient strongholds of knowledge...while making one last desperate attempt to save the living cities.
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- Title Strength of Stones
- Author Greg Bear
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Severn House, London
- Date June 1991
- ISBN 9780727841933 / 0727841939
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Wallington, Surrey: Severn House Publishers, 1991 First printing of the stated first Severn House [British] edition, published simultaneously with the U.S. edition. Signed by Greg Bear directly on the title-page. Light shelf wear, else book and dust jacket in fine condition.
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