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Description for Appleseed
Paperback. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
The Klavier Station has been silently ambling through the empty sectors of the galaxy for longer than anyone can remember. If it hides a mystery, it is well concealed. Nathaniel Freer, a trader en route with a cargo of dedicated nano-robots, knows that he has been manoeuvred into stopping for repairs on Klavier having survived what was made to look like a botched attempt at piracy. And once there, he gradually begins to understand why. For his cargo is destined for a recently colonized planet whose only export promises to revolutionise data-processing. That export has a remarkable, ancient connection, with ... Read more
The Klavier Station has been silently ambling through the empty sectors of the galaxy for longer than anyone can remember. If it hides a mystery, it is well concealed. Nathaniel Freer, a trader en route with a cargo of dedicated nano-robots, knows that he has been manoeuvred into stopping for repairs on Klavier having survived what was made to look like a botched attempt at piracy. And once there, he gradually begins to understand why. For his cargo is destined for a recently colonized planet whose only export promises to revolutionise data-processing. That export has a remarkable, ancient connection, with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
338
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781841491004
SKU
KKD0004456
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Ref
99-2
About John Clute
John Clute is an award-winning SF and fantasy critic and in 1994 received the Pilgrim award for distinguished contributions to the study of science fiction. He is the co-editor of the acclaimed Encyclopedias of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Reviews for Appleseed
'A triumph ... surely the most original and one of the most entertaining novels of the year ... goes beyond most space opera in stylistic inventiveness, wit and sheer joie de vivre' TLS 'intoxicating...remarkable' NEIL GAIMAN 'Exuberant, witty, sexy, satirical...every word is a special effects firecracker' STEPHEN BAXTER 'A glorious explosion of language and thought' JOE HALDEMAN 'A comprehensive re-imagining ... Read more