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SCIENCE FICTION-A BAND OF IMMORTALS-AS CHARMING A BUNCH OF ECCENTRICS AS YOU'LL EVER COME ACROSS-RECRUIT A NEW MEMBER,THE BRILLIANT CHEROKEE PHYSICIST SEQUOYA GUESS,DR.GUESS,WITH THE GROUPS HELP,GAINS CONTROL OF EXTRO,THE SUPER COMPUTER THAT CONTROLS ALL MECHANICAL ACTIVITY ON EARTH.THEY PLAN TO RID EARTH OF POLITICAL REPRESSION AND TO FURTHER GUESS'S RESEARCHES-WHICH MAY LEAD TO A GREAT LEAP IN HUMAN EVOLUTION TO PRODUCE A RACE OF SUPERMEN.BUT EXTRO TAKES OVER GUESS INSTEAD AND TURNS MALEVOLANT.THE TASK O0F THE MERRY BAND SUDDENLY BECOMES A FIGHT IN DEADLY EARNEST FOR THE FUTURE OF THE EARTH.SEQUOYA GUESS,WHOM THEY LOVE,MUST BE KILLED.BUT HOW DO YOU KILL AN IMMORTAL?
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A band of immortals recruit a new member, the brilliant Cherokee physicist Sequoya Guess. Dr. Guess, with the group's help, gains control of Extro, the super-computer that controls all mechanical activity on Earth. They plan to rid Earth of political repression and to further Guess's researches-which may lead to a great leap in human evolution to produce a race of supermen. But Extro takes over Guess instead and turns malevolent. The task of the merry band suddenly becomes a fight in deadly earnest for the future of Earth.
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"Fresh, witty, and totally original ... developments are clever and quick. Bester writes with wit and energy, and he is unendingly inventive. The treatment of ideas in The Computer Connection is unique, as is its social consciousness and satire".
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- Publisheribooks Inc
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 0743487133
- ISBN 13 9780743487139
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages272
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Paperback: 6¾" x 4¼". Condition: Near Fine: Small signs of wear. Cover Art: Scott Grimando (illustrator). 2004 Edition. © 1975: A stand-alone novel by Alfred Bester. 1st printing of 2004 edition. Previously serialised in slightly different form under the title 'The Indian Giver' in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November, December 1974 & January 1975. Also published under the title 'Extro':- Synopsis: A band of immortals - as charming a bunch of eccentrics as you'll ever come across - recruit a new member, the brilliant Cherokee physicist Sequoya Guess. Dr Guess, with the group's help gains control of Extro, the super-computer that controls all mechanical activity on Earth. They plan to rid Earth of political repression and to further Guess's researches - which may lead to a great leap in human evolution to produce a race of supermen. But Extro takes over Guess instead and turns malevolent. The task of the merry band suddenly becomes a fight in deadly earnest for the future of Earth. Sequoya Guess, whom they love, must be killed. But how do you kill an immortal?:- Review(s): "Bester writes with wit and energy, and he is unendingly inventive. The treatment of ideas in 'The Computer Connection' is unique, as is its social consciousness and satire" - Bookletter / "Alfred Bester was, and remains, long after his passing, the preeminent Class Act of imaginative literature. Bester was the mountain, all the rest of us merely climbers toward that peak" - Harlan Ellison:- (original cost $6.99). Seller Inventory # 15.099.00010
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