SPACELAND; Rudy Rucker
by Rucker, Rudy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Fine/Very Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0765303663
- ISBN 13
- 9780765303660
- Seller
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Lake Forest, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: A Tom Doherty Book / TOR, 2002. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Very Fine/Very Fine. Rudy Rucker. 8vo, black cloth with bright scarlet lettering on spine, illustrated with ~ 16 B&W sketches by Rudy Rucker, archival mylar-protected pictorial dust jacket (unclipped) 301 pages. Rudolf von Bitter Rucker (born 1946) is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which (Software and Wetware) both won Philip K. Dick Awards. In a tribute to Edwin Abbott Abbott's Flatland (1884), a classic mathematical fantasy about a universe of several dimensions, Rudy Rucker's SPACELAND describes the life of Joe Cube, a Silicon Valley hotshot who discovers the fourth dimension from an unexpected visitation from Momo, a woman from 4D. EXCEPTIONAL CONDITION in all respects including the near flawless dust jacket (unclipped).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Borg Antiquarian (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5288
- Title
- SPACELAND; Rudy Rucker
- Author
- Rucker, Rudy
- Illustrator
- Rudy Rucker
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0765303663
- ISBN 13
- 9780765303660
- Publisher
- A Tom Doherty Book / TOR
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- computer, industry, employees, fourth dimension,
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About the Seller
Borg Antiquarian
Biblio member since 2015
Lake Forest, Illinois
About Borg Antiquarian
BorgAntiquarian (ABAA & ILAB) is a dealer long engaged in selling exceptional collectibles: rare and fine books, autographs and manuscripts, fine art and artifacts. We are generalists in Americana, English & American literature, plus selected authors & important figures (Dickens & Darwin; presidents & 'signers'; scientists & historical figures; Revolutionary & Civil War militaria).
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