CHILD OF THE RIVER: THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CONFLUENCE
by McAuley, Paul J
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0575064277
- ISBN 13
- 9780575064270
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About This Item
Gollancz, 1997 Book. Illus. by Young, Paul. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Hardcover UK, first printing and true first edition. (The first US edition was published by Avon Eos in June 1998.) Very fine (unread) copy in very fine jacket. Not a book club, remainder or an ex-library copy. "McAuley has begun shaping a powerful epic that could be one of the most important in recent SF." - Locus, December 1997, pg. 68. "It promises to be a major work that will undoubtedly be compared to Majipoor and other SF creations." - Science Fiction Chronicle, February 1998, pg. 59. "On a distant planet seeded with 10,000 bloodlines, beset by crumbling technology and feral machines, a young man seeks his destiny. In this assured and dazzlingly inventive novel, the ever-versatile McAuley tackles the tale of the far future and makes it his own." - Publisher's Weekly. Award History: 1998 Publisher's Weekly Best of 1998 List..
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- Bookseller
- Top Shelf Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001093
- Title
- CHILD OF THE RIVER: THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CONFLUENCE
- Author
- McAuley, Paul J
- Illustrator
- Young, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0575064277
- ISBN 13
- 9780575064270
- Publisher
- Gollancz
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Paul J. McAuley Books, Paul McAuley Books
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