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TIMESCAPE
by Benford, Gregory
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to spine ends and some age tanning to the rear panel. (16918
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, [1980]. First edition. A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to spine ends and some age tanning to the rear panel. (16918). Octavo, cloth backed boards. Nebula Award winner, 1980. John W. Campbell Memorial Award, 1981. Scientists in the future try to send a warning message to scientists of the past. "Unusual for the realism of its depiction of scientists at work; admirably serious in handling the implications of its theme." Anatomy of Wonder (1995) 4-46. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-109.
Synopsis
Timescape is a 1980 novel by science fiction writer Gregory Benford (with unbilled co-author Hilary Foister). It won the 1980 Nebula and British Science Fiction Awards, and the 1981 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16918
- Title
- TIMESCAPE
- Author
- Benford, Gregory
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a just about fine dust jacket with slight shelf wear to spine ends and some age tanning to the rear panel. (16918
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1980]
- Keywords
- SF . SF Award
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2017
Laurel, Maryland
About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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- Spine
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- Jacket
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