SCIENCE FICTION-SLAN THE CYBORG WARRIOR HAD BEEN ORDERED TO KILL THE ENEMIES OF EARTH AND RETURN WITH THEIR WEAPONS TECHNOLOGY.HIS ROBOT SPACECRAFT WAS TO SEE THAT HE DID-AND KILL HIM IF HE DIDN'T.PROBLEM WAS-EARTH HAD PERISHED THREE HUNDRED YEARS BEFORE,BUT NO ONE HAD TOLD THE SHIP.SLANT'S DILEMMA SEEMINGLY HAD NO SOLUTION-THEN THEY LANDED ON A STRANGE WORLD WHERE THE COMPUTER DETECTED GRAVITATIONAL ANOMOLIES.
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Slant, the Cyborg warrior, a type of spacefaring Robocop, has been ordered to kill the enemies of Earth and return with their weapons technology. The problem was that Earth had perished three hundred years before, but no-one had told the spaceship. The author won the Hugo award for science fiction.
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Paperback. near fine paperback, David Mattingly cover 1st printing. The cyborg code-named "Slant" was sent out as an Independent Reconnaissance Unit during an interstellar war between Earth and its colonies. The fighting ended three hundred years ago, but Slant's computer does not admit this. Seller Inventory # FN26.041
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Mass Market Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Mattingly, David B. (CoverArt) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Interior is tight, clean & unmarked. Mass market paperback proclaims 'First Time in Print', and has no reading creases in cover or spine, but has storage crease at foot of front cover. The cyborg code-named "Slant" had been sent to kill the enemies of Earth in the war between Earth and its colonies. His robot spacecraft was to see he did or kill him! Earth had been distroyed three hundred years ago, but Slant's spacecraft does not admit this -- he is compelled to carry on as if the war were still raging. Then they come across a planet where ship sensors register ''gravitational anomalies.'' The computer interprets these as enemy weapons research, but the local inhabitants call the anomalies ''magic.'' Copyright 1982. Stated 1st edition, June, 1982. ISBN-10 as above, no LCCN. Ballantine Catalog: 30441. MSR = $2.75. Seller Inventory # 006684