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Synopsis
Another fascinating science fiction book by Neil Ferguson San Francisco after the Great Quake. Life after America: A post-world controlled by computers in the Protocol Orgaqnization, where a persons status in society is determined by in utero readings, taken before their birth. With free will a Federal offence and the population doped out on TV soap episodes of the President's family, what hop is there?
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Synopsis
In a futuristic America, where the free world is now predicated on non-freedom of action, the Zappers execute the dangerous and beautiful manoeuvre known as double-helix fall in their sky kites - the most flagrant expression of the will and law-breaking.
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- PublisherPenguin
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 0349101116
- ISBN 13 9780349101118
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages256
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Double Helix Fall
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Abacus Sphere Books Ltd, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0349101116
ISBN 13: 9780349101118
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Seller: Raymond Tait, Beccles, SUFFO, United Kingdom
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Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Avon, John (illustrator). First Edition. Paperback Original. The covers have some surface wear and light discolouration - there are a number of small white patches on the rear cover. There is a light reading crease down the left side of the front cover and there is a little creasing around the corners. Browning to the page edges with two brown spots at the top of the fore edges. There is a trace of a price in pencil to the first page and the pages are a little browned but otherwise unmarked. Cover design by John Avon. First printing. Seller Inventory # 018630
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Double Helix Fall
Seller: Old Goat Books, Waterloo, ON, Canada
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Soft cover. Condition: VG+. Light rubb. SF novel outlining a dystopian America after the Great Quake. Seller Inventory # 1047418
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Double Helix Fall
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Abacus, Sphere Books, London, 1990
ISBN 10: 0349101116
ISBN 13: 9780349101118
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Seller: Cameron-Wolfe Booksellers, Taos, NM, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Provocative novel of computerized social engineering, an individual human's fate determined by DNA-testing; 272 pages plus previews of other Abacus titles. CONDITION: A bright, solid copy with reading creases and moderate shelf-wear, mainly at the edges and corners. This nevertheless attractive book is now in a clear, snug, protective polypropylene bag, at an excellent price! Seller Inventory # SP249
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Double Helix Fall (Abacus Books)
Seller: Burke's Book Store, Memphis, TN, U.S.A.
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Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Light foxing to edges and inside covers, name and date to first page, minor browning to pages, else tight and clean. Seller Inventory # 1003984
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