THE QUANTUM THIEF
by Rajaniemi, Hannu
- Used
- first
- Condition
- A fine unread copy in wrappers with a touch of rubbing. (17390)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
[London: Gollancz, 2010]. Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition. A fine unread copy in wrappers with a touch of rubbing. (17390). Octavo, stiff pictorial wrappers. The author's first novel and first book in the Jean de Flambeur sequence. "...an sf tale of very considerable noirish exuberance, with elements of Space Opera, Cyberpunk, Cosmology-wonk, Hard SF and McGuffin-hunt mixed together in a solar system - fairly distant into the future - governed by AIs and their Avatars, by godlike entities who inhabit (or are) Spaceships and/or Living Worlds, and by various examples of Posthuman Evolution. - Clute, SFE online.
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- Seller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 17390
- Title
- THE QUANTUM THIEF
- Author
- Rajaniemi, Hannu
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine unread copy in wrappers with a touch of rubbing. (17390)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Advance copy (uncorrected proof) of the first edition
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- [London
- Date Published
- 2010]
- Keywords
- SF
Terms of Sale
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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