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Isaac Asimov's Caliban
by Allen, Roger MacBride
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 1857981359
- ISBN 13
- 9781857981353
- Seller
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Millennium, London, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. This is the first UK edition. Size: Octavo 8vo (standard book size). 312 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is currently IN STOCK and would be shipped directly from our Australian address.. "Having read many an Asimov book, I decided to read this to see if I would like it or not - I couldn't put it down! Asimov's Caliban was brought to life for me, and I rooted for him in his flight from those who would destroy him - what a chase!" The first of a collaborative trilogy. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 1857981359. ISBN/EAN: 9781857981353. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 3486. . 9781857981353
Synopsis
In a universe protected by the Three Laws of Robotics, humans are safe. The First Law states, A robot may not injure a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.When an experiment with a new type of robot brain goes awry, the unthinkable happens. Caliban is created... A robot without guilt or conscience. A robot with no knowledge of or compassion for humanity. A robot without the Three Laws.Caliban is a searing examination of Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, a challenge welcomed and sanctioned by Isaac Asimov, the late beloved genius of science fiction, and written with his cooperation by one of today's hottest talents, Roger MacBride Allen, New York Times bestselling author of Ambush at Corella, The Modular Man, and The Ring of Charon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3486
- Title
- Isaac Asimov's Caliban
- Author
- Allen, Roger MacBride
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1857981359
- ISBN 13
- 9781857981353
- Publisher
- Millennium
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- BZDB137 science fiction, robot, robots, isaac asimov, Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 1857981359 EAN: 9781857981353 Allen, Roger MacBride Isaac Asimov's Caliban
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