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City at the End of Time
by Greg Bear
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0345448391
- ISBN 13
- 9780345448392
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New York, NY, U.S.A.: Del Rey/Ballantine Books, 2008. Ex-Library. Fine. Hardcover. 1st.. Seller's images, know what you are getting! Pre-packing weight is 1 lb. 11.3 oz . ORIGINAL, NOT a Reprint or Photocopy!! Has Dust Jacket in Brodart cover (NO tears, NO label, NO folds, NO creases, Uncut) is complete. This volume has Owner markings as noted. Has some standard Library markings, i.e., NO pocket, NO labels, 2 stamps, 2 discard stamps, covers (may show light tape residue. Has NO visible wear or soil to covers, with tight, and Excellent hinges. The Original Copyright date is 2008. This volume was purchased through Local Public auction. Bagged to preserve volume. If not ex-libris, would rate higher. Amz says 496 pages but there are only 476 numbered pages. Thank you for your purchase from Sunset Books! Help Promote World Literacy, GIVE a Book as a GIFT!! In stock, Ships from Ohio. WE COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE PURCHASES!!!! SEE PICTURES!!!!! ANY ODD/GREEN TONES ON THE SCANS ARE CAUSED BY MY SCANNER or Pink tones by my camera!!! All of our Technical/Textbook/Ex-Library volumes were obtained legally through Public or Auction sales. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction's most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece.Do you dream of a city at the end of time?In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people--Ginny, Jack, and Daniel--dream of a doomed, decadent city of the distant future: the Kalpa. Ginny's and Jack's dreams overtake them without warning, leaving their bodies behind while carrying their consciousnesses forward, into the minds of two inhabitants of the Kalpa--a would-be warrior, Jebrassy, and an inquisitive explorer, Tiadba--who have been genetically retro-engineered to possess qualities of ancient humanity. As for Daniel: He dreams of an empty darkness--all that his future holds.But more than dreams link Ginny, Jack, and Daniel. They are fate-shifters, born with the ability to skip like stones across the surface of the fifth dimension, inhabiting alternate versions of themselves. And each guards an object whose origin and purpose are unknown: gnarled, stony artifacts called sum-runners that persist unchanged through all versions of time.Hunted by others with similar powers who seek the sum-runners on behalf of a terrifying, goddess-like entity known as the Chalk Princess, Ginny, Jack, and Daniel are drawn, despite themselves, into an all but hopeless mission to rescue the future--and complete the greatest achievement in human history.From the Hardcover edition.
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- Sunset Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 029212
- Title
- City at the End of Time
- Author
- Greg Bear
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- 1st.
- ISBN 10
- 0345448391
- ISBN 13
- 9780345448392
- Publisher
- Del Rey/Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2008
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