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SCIENCE FICTION-WHEN A RUSSIAN SPACECRAFT CARRYING SOIL SAMPLES FROM MARS CRASHES ON A REMOTE BOLIVIAN VILLAGE,THE INDIANS WHO SALVAGE IT FALL INTO A MYSTERIOUS COMATOSE CONDITION.ONLY TWO RECOVER,AND ON RE-AWAKENING,THEY ARE CONSCIOUS OF A STRANGE NEW AWARENESS OF THEMSELVES AND THE WORLD OUTSIDE,JULIO,INDEED,BELIEVES HIMSELF TO BE THE INCA-THE DIVINE IMPERIAL RULER-REBORN.MEANWHILE,UP IN SPACE A MANNED AMERICAN VESSEL IS ON IT'S WAY TO MARS.AFTER THE 240 MILLION MILE VOYAGE,TENSION ON THE SHIP IS HIGH AND WHEN AT LAST MARS IS REACHED,THE DEADLY SOIL ADDS AN EXTRA DIMENSION TO AN ALREADY EXPLOSIVE SITUATION.WHAT CONSTITUENT OF THE MARTIAN SOIL IS CAUSING ITS LITERALLY MIND BLOWING EFFECTS?THE ANSWER MAY BE THE MISSING CLUE TO A VITAL DISCOVERY ABOUT MAN'S EVOLUTIONARY POTENTIAL.
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Ian Watson (1943 - )Ian Watson was born in England in 1943 and graduated from Balliol College, Oxford, with a first class Honours degree in English Literature. He lectured in English in Tanzania (1965-1967) and Tokyo (1967-1970) before beginning to publish SF with "Roof Garden Under Saturn" for the influential New Worlds magazine in 1969. He became a full-time writer in 1976, following the success of his debut novel The Embedding. His work has been frequently shortlisted for the Hugo and Nebula Awards and he has won the BSFA Award twice. From 1990 to 1991 he worked full-time with Stanley Kubrick on story development for the movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence, directed after Kubrick's death by Steven Spielberg; for which he is acknowledged in the credits for Screen Story. Ian Watson lives in Spain.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Mars Probe has crashed. A triumph of Soviet technology, the first two-way interplanetary probe performed brilliantly until the final stage of its return. Then something went wrong: rather than following its programmed course to a soft landing in its country of origin, the probe crashed in the Peruvian Andes. Now a weird infection beyond the understanding of medical science has wiped out an entire village - except for one man, who, alone and undiscovered by medics, survives. He has awakened to find himself become his own ancestor, and a god. Suddenly the flames of an Indian revolution are spreading South America; he is the Martian Inca. Mass market paperback; no stated publishing history so presumed first edition, first printing thus. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Covers show shelf wear and are not creased. Upper front and rear corners show small bends. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Binding is tight and square. Hinges are secure. Price stickers on front and rear covers. Corners not bumped. Seller Inventory # L2109
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Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condition: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Peter Gudynas (illustrator). 1978 Edition. © 1977: A stand-alone novel by Ian Watson. 1st printing of 1978 edition:- Synopsis: When a Russian spacecraft carrying soil samples from Mars crashes on a remote Bolivian village, the Indians who salvage it fall into a mysterious comatose condition. Only two recover, and on re-awakening, they are conscious of a strange new awareness of themselves and the world outside. Julio, indeed, believes himself to be the Inca - the divine imperial ruler - reborn. Meanwhile, up in space, a manned American vessel is on its way to mars. After the 240 million mile voyage, tension on the ship is high and when at last Mars is reached, the deadly soil adds an extra dimension to an already explosive solution. What constituent of the Martian soil is causing its literally mind-blowing effects? The answer may be the missing clue to a vital discovery about Man's evolutionary potential:- Review(s): "This book contains a new, near-poetic dimension. the most formidable fiction (Ian Watson) has yet written, and also one of the most compulsive." - The Times:- (original cost £0.75). Seller Inventory # 11.001.00034
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