The Computer Connection
by Bester, Alfred
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0425030393
- ISBN 13
- 9780425030394
- Seller
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Synopsis
Alfred Bester's first science fiction novel since The Stars My Destination was a major event--a fast-moving adventure story set in Earth's future. A band of immortals--as charming a bunch of eccentrics as you'll ever come across--recruit a new member, the brilliant Cherokee physicist Sequoya Guess. Dr. Guess, with the group's help, gains control of Extro, the super-computer that controls all mechanical activity on Earth. The plan to rid Earth of political repression and to further Guess's researches--which may lead to a great leap in human evolution to produce a race of supermen. But Extro takes over Guess instead of turns malevolent. The task of the merry band suddenly becomes a fight in deadly earnest for the future of Earth.Sequoya Guess, whom they love, must be killed. And how do you kill an immortal?
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- Bookseller
- bookarrest (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- SP1177
- Title
- The Computer Connection
- Author
- Bester, Alfred
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Printing
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0425030393
- ISBN 13
- 9780425030394
- Publisher
- Berkley Medallion Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1976
- Keywords
- SUPERCOMPUTERS EVIL MACHINES SENTIENT MACHINES IMMORTALS IMMORTALITY HUMAN EVOLUTION SCI-FI SCIENCE FICTION SPECULATIVE FICTION
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction & Fantasy; American Fiction;
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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