Merchants of Souls (Giraut)

by Barnes, John

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Bookseller: Aldergrove Books (US)
Bookseller Inventory #: 000364
Format/binding: Hardcover
Book condition: New
Jacket condition: As New
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0312890761
ISBN 13: 9780312890766
Publisher: Tor Books
Date published: 2001
Pages: 398
Size: 6 x 8.75 x 1.5 inches
Weight: 1.3 pounds
Keywords: Merchants, Souls, John Barnes, Tor Books, Cultures, Earth, Glass, Projects, Divorce, Volunteers,
Subjects: FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure; JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General;

Book Description

Tor Books, 2001. Hardcover book is in new, never been read condition. Dust jacket is in like new condition. Minor wear on top front edges of dust jacket. Inside of book pages are crisp and clean, no stains. Publisher: Tor Books. 400 pages long. 2001 edition. Approx: 9 by 6 by 1 1/2. ISBN# 0312890761. Additional pictures of condition are always available. BOOK DESCRIPTION: Mysterious forces threaten humanity in this relatively weak third installment in Barnes's Thousand Cultures series (after 1998's Earth Made of Glass). Once again, composer Giraut Leones, secret agent for the intergalactic Office of Special Projects, is in the thick of things. In the Thousand Cultures, people periodically record the contents of their minds on a device called a psypyx. When they die, their psypyx is stored until someone is willing to share their brain with the deceased. After two years, the dead person's mind is reanimated in a cloned body. Unfortunately, on Earth, where most people inhabit virtual reality simulations, someone has the idea of converting these stored personalities into what are essentially computer games that would force helpless, disembodied humans to be other people's playthings. Most citizens of the Thousand Cultures react to this proposal with horror. Though still recovering from a painful divorce, Giraut volunteers to carry the mind of a dead friend to Earth, and help lead a campaign to turn public opinion against the monstrous idea. When the pleasure-seeking inhabitants of Earth attempt to download recordings of the personalities of deceased individuals for recreational purposes, the Office of Special Projects enlists its best agents, Giraut and Margaret Leones, to stop the process. Recently divorced and unsure of their relationship, they find themselves at the center of a controversial web of political and galactic intrigue that threatens the future of humanity throughout the universe. Returning to the far-future world of A Million Open Doors and Earth Made of Glass, Barnes elaborates on his vision of a multicultural universe filled with diverse and often conflicting societies.. First Edition. Hard Cover. New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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