New York: Mark V Ziesing, 1990. Book. Very Good +. Hardcover. First Edition. A First edition, First printing. Book is in Very Good + condition. Boards are clean, not bumped. Fore edges have a tiny bit of shelf wear. Interior is clean and legible. Not remaindered. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine condition. Not chipped or crinkled. Not price clipped. Dust Jacket is covered by Mylar Brodart. Thanks and Enjoy. All-Ways well packaged All-Ways fast service..

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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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Bookseller: All-Ways Fiction (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 036718
Title: A Short, Sharp Shock
Author: Robinson, Kim Stanley
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good +
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 092948018X
ISBN 13: 9780929480183
Publisher: Mark V Ziesing
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1990
Keywords: PH
Bookseller catalogs: Modern Fiction;

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