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A Fire Upon the Deep
by Vinge, Vernor
- Used
- good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0812515285
- ISBN 13
- 9780812515282
- Seller
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Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
Item Price
NZ$21.81NZ$13.08
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About This Item
New York: Tor Books, 1993. A solid reading copy of this Nebula nominated and Hugo Award winning novel. Interiors are tightly bound and unmarked. Tanning to the inner cover. Soft cover wraps show moderate shelfwear. Light ding to the bottom corner. Spine is lightly creased and rubbed at the points. A solid reading copy and a fine read.. First Mass Market Paperback Printing. Mass Market Paperback. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Boris Vallejo - Cover Art. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
Synopsis
A Fire Upon the Deep is a science fiction novel written by Vernor Vinge, an award-winning space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a conversation medium resembling Usenet. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993. Besides the normal print book editions, the novel was also included on a CD-ROM sold by ClariNet Communications along with the other nominees for the 1993 Hugo awards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookmarc Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016390
- Title
- A Fire Upon the Deep
- Author
- Vinge, Vernor
- Illustrator
- Boris Vallejo - Cover Art
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0812515285
- ISBN 13
- 9780812515282
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- FICTION_SCIENCE FICTION_GENERAL
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookmarc Books
Biblio member since 2011
Campbell River, British Columbia
About Bookmarc Books
We are a small independent, carbon-neutral bookroom located in Campbell River, BC. Open to the public by appointment only, we specialize in Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy & Weird Fiction. Throw in some Occult options and we think we've got a nice assortment, but by all means, have a look for yourself. If you need more info or a scan, just let us know.If you are a local or are visiting the Campbell River area, you can always pick your book up in person...at an agreed upon time, please. We also feature Free Local Delivery!
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Mass Market
- Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
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