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The Starchild Trilogy
by Frederik Pohl; Jack Williamson
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Nelson Doubleday / SFBC. Hardcover. October 1977. First printing of First Edition of the trilogy (not stated). Published by Nelson Doubleday for the Science Fiction Book Club, 1977. Gutter code "H36" on page 435, indicates a printing in September 1977. Very Good book in Very Good dust jacket. Interior unmarked. Foxing to top edge and endpapers. Spine straight and tight, tail bumped. Edgewear to jacket, chipping at spine ends and tips. Not from a library. 436 pages.
An interstellar trilogy. Earth in the near future is governed by the Plan of Man--a complex set of laws enforced by a worldwide computerized security network, necessary for the survival of humankind. Or, so the authorities say. But one man knows better . . .
An interstellar trilogy. Earth in the near future is governed by the Plan of Man--a complex set of laws enforced by a worldwide computerized security network, necessary for the survival of humankind. Or, so the authorities say. But one man knows better . . .
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- Books of the World
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- Seller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000001186
- Title
- The Starchild Trilogy
- Author
- Frederik Pohl; Jack Williamson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Nelson Doubleday / SFBC
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- October 1977
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- fiction, science fiction, Reefs of Space, Starchild, Rogue Star
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction; Politics & Government; Fiction;
- Size
- 8vo
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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