BECOMING ALIEN
by Ore, Rebecca
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Santa Rosa, California, United States
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About This Item
Tor, 1988. Book. Illus. by Beekman, Doug. Fine. Hardcover. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Book Club, first printing and first hardcover edition. (First published in paperback as one of Ben Bova's Discoveries series. This BCE hardcover was published six months after the paperback.) Not a remainder or ex-library copy. Code #13632 at bottom corner of rear jacket. (First published by Tor in paperback, this Science Fiction Book Club edition is the first hardcover edition.) Rebecca Ore's first novel. A single small closed tear (1.0 cm in length) at top right corner of rear panel near spine, else fine (unread) copy in near fine jacket without clipping. Excellent condition for this title. Award History: 1988 Locus Poll Award Nominee for Best First Novel (lost to War for the Oaks by Emma Bull); 1988 Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (lost to Four Hundred Billion Stars by Paul J. McAuley)..
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- Seller
- Top Shelf Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 003719
- Title
- BECOMING ALIEN
- Author
- Ore, Rebecca
- Illustrator
- Beekman, Doug
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
- Publisher
- Tor
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- Rebecca Ore Books, Science Fiction Books
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