Beggars in Spain - Hardcover

Kress, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0688121896 ISBN 13: 9780688121891

Publisher: William Morrow & Co, 1993

Synopsis

Fantasy - Nancy Kress's landmark genetic engineering story, one of the most critically acclaimed SF novellas of the last decade. A rich financier compels scientists to create for him the perfect daughter - smart, beautiful, and with no need to sleep. Kress masterfully explores the social implications of "Sleepless" people in a novella you will never forget.

About this title

Product Description:

The product of an experiment in genetic manipulation, superintelligent Leisha Camden is forced to live a life apart from most "ordinary" people and seeks the companionship of other superhumans. By the author of An Alien Light.

About the Author:

DAVID BRIN has written or contributed to a dozen works of fiction and science fiction, has a Ph.D in astrophysics, and has been a professor and a NASA consultant.NANCY KRESS is the author of fourteen books of fantasy and science fiction, including both novels and short-story collections.

About this edition

• Publisher: William Morrow & Co
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0688121896
• ISBN 13: 9780688121891
• Binding: Hardcover