SLOW RIVER
by Griffith, Nicola
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (17040)
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: A Del Rey Book, Ballantine Books, [1995]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (17040). Octavo, cloth backed boards. "In this intense, near-future novel, heiress Lore Van de Oest is kidnapped and left for dead when her family refuses to pay her ransom. Taken in by a woman named Spanner, who makes her living as a thief on the Net, Lore abandons her well-to-do lifestyle, becomes Spanner's lover, and finds a job in a high-tech sewage disposal plant. Transformed by her experiences, she eventually returns to her family in order to uncover some of their more unsavory secrets." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-469. Winner of the 1996 Nebula award for best novel.
Synopsis
Slow River is British writer Nicola Griffith's second science fiction novel, first published in 1995. It won the Nebula Award for Best Novel and the Lambda Literary Award in 1996.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17040
- Title
- SLOW RIVER
- Author
- Griffith, Nicola
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. (17040)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- A Del Rey Book, Ballantine Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1995]
- Keywords
- SF Award . SF
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About the Seller
John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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Laurel, Maryland
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