Andromeda Breakthough - Softcover

9780723552154: Andromeda Breakthough
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SCIENCE FICTION-FROM THE DEAD CONSTELLATION OF ANDROMEDA FLASHED CONTINUOUSLY A LONG AND INTENSLEY COMPLICATED MESSAGE.PICKED UP DURING THE TESTING OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL RADIO TELESCOPE,IT PROVED TO BE A BLUEPRINT OF A COMPUTER SO ADVANCED THAT IT MADE ALL EARTH BUILT COMPUTERS SEEM LIKE CHILDRENS COUNTING BEADS AND EVEN PRODUCED A THINKING,LIVING HUMAN BEING TO INTERPRET IT'S NEEDS.COULD THIS BE PART OF A FANTASTIC PLAN TO TAKE OVER THE EARTH?WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THE COMPUTER IS USED TO FURTHER THE WORLD AMBITIONS OF THE DICTATOR OF A TINY DESERT STATE AND OF THE UNSCRUPULOUS COMMERCIAL ORGANISATION INTEL.

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  • PublisherEnsign
  • Publication date1974
  • ISBN 10 0723552150
  • ISBN 13 9780723552154
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Book Description Paperback: 7" x 4¼". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Uncredited (illustrator). 1974 Edition. © 1964: 2nd in the 'Andromeda' series of books. 1st printing of 1974 edition:- Synopsis: From the dead constellation of Andromeda flashed continuously a long and intensely complicated message. Picked up during the testing of the world's most powerful radio-telescope, it proved to be a blueprint of a computer so advanced that it made all earth-built computers seem like children's counting beads and even produced a thinking, living human-being to interpret its needs. Could this be part of a fantastic plan to take over the earth? This brilliantly conceived novel explores what happens when the computer is used to further the world ambitions of the dictator of a tiny desert state and of the unscrupulous commercial organisation INTEL:- (original cost £0.30). Seller Inventory # 18.003.00353

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