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A Short, Sharp Shock --Signed--
by ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0929480198
- ISBN 13
- 9780929480190
- Seller
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Phoenix, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Shingletown: Shingletown: Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. Hardcover. As New/As New. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. One of 500 numbered copies. SIGNED by Kim Stanley Robinson and artist Arnie Fenner. Very fine book in very fine dj and slipcase.
Synopsis
Kim Stanley Robinson, award-winning author of the bestselling Red Mars, Green Mars, and the soon-to-be-published Blue Mars, was called "a literary landscape artist, creating breathtaking vistas" by The Detroit Metro News. Now he confirms his reputation for brilliance and for the unexpected in this luminous short work.A Short, Sharp ShockA man tumbles through wild surf, half drowned, to collapse on a moonlit beach. When he regains consciousness, he has no memory of who he is or where he came from. he know only that the woman who washed ashore with him has disappeared sometime in the night, and that he has awakened in a surreal landscape of savage beauty -- a mysterious watery world encircled by a thin spine of land. Aided by strange tribesmen, he will journey to the cove of the spine kings, a brutal race that has enslaved the woman and several of the tribesmen. That is only the beginning of his quest, as he struggles to find her identity in this wondrous and cruel land -- and seeks out the woman whose hold on his imagination is both unfathomable and unshakable.Haunting and lyrical, filled with uncommon beauty and terrible peril, A Short, Sharp Shock is an ambitious and enthralling story by one of science fiction's most respected talents.From the Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3006846
- Title
- A Short, Sharp Shock --Signed--
- Author
- ROBINSON, KIM STANLEY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0929480198
- ISBN 13
- 9780929480190
- Publisher
- Shingletown: Mark V. Ziesing, 1990. Mark V. Ziesing
- Place of Publication
- Shingletown
- Date Published
- 1990
- Bookseller catalogs
- SCIFI-HORROR-FANTASY;
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About the Seller
Thomas Books
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Phoenix, Arizona
About Thomas Books
Welcome to Thomas Books. We are professional booksellers in business for over 25 years. All of our books are guaranteed to be in the condition described and all autographs are guaranteed to be authentic. Dust jackets are covered in a clear, mylar protector. All items are subject to prior sale.
Domestic shipping via USPS Media Mail is $1.00 per book. Shipping is extra on all orders shipped via other carriers and shipping methods.
All domestic orders shipped through the US Postal Service include tracking. All hardcover and most paperback books are bubble-wrapped, then packed and shipped in a new, well-padded box.
Domestic shipping via USPS Media Mail is $1.00 per book. Shipping is extra on all orders shipped via other carriers and shipping methods.
All domestic orders shipped through the US Postal Service include tracking. All hardcover and most paperback books are bubble-wrapped, then packed and shipped in a new, well-padded box.
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