The Probability Broach - Softcover

L. Neil Smith

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034528593X ISBN 13: 9780345285935

Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc., 1979

Synopsis

Essef - Congress is in Colorado. Everybody carries guns. And there are gorillas in the Senate. Free enterprise is king. And there's no such thing a a free lunch. This is the novel that won L. Neil Smith the first of his two Prometheus Awards for Best Libertarian Fiction, and put him on the map as the foremost libertarian science fiction writer today.

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Review

"Contained ideas I wish could be shouted to the world, ideas that come from the American heritage of freedom and which could bring still greater individual liberty, greater technical progress."--Vernor Vinge, author of "A Deepness in the Sky"

"Pick up a new copy of the book and rediscover this exciting world, and reserve me a table at Meep's Texas Barbecue."--"Prometheus"

Contained ideas I wish could be shouted to the world, ideas that come from the American heritage of freedom and which could bring still greater individual liberty, greater technical progress. "Vernor Vinge, author of A Deepness in the Sky"

Pick up a new copy of the book and rediscover this exciting world, and reserve me a table at Meep's Texas Barbecue. "Prometheus""

"Contained ideas I wish could be shouted to the world, ideas that come from the American heritage of freedom and which could bring still greater individual liberty, greater technical progress." --Vernor Vinge, author of A Deepness in the Sky

"Pick up a new copy of the book and rediscover this exciting world, and reserve me a table at Meep's Texas Barbecue." --Prometheus

About the Author

L. Neil Smith is the two time winner of the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Fiction for his novels Pallas (1993) and The Probability Broach (1980). As founder and National Coordinator of the Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus, publisher of the on-line magazine The Libertarian Enterprise, and a Life member of the National Rifle Association, Smith is renowned for his prominence in the Libertarian movement, of which he has been a part of for more than thirty-five years. Author of more than twenty books, Smith has been hailed for his ability to combine adventure, humor, and rivetingly original political concepts to create more compellingly than any other writer, novels that embody Libertarian concepts. He currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and daughter.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ballantine Books Inc.
• Publication date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 034528593X
• ISBN 13: 9780345285935
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 273