Just a few hundred genes separate humans from chimpanzees. Imagine someone altering the chimp genome, splicing in human genes to increase the size of the cranium, reduce the amount of body hair, enable speech. What sort of creature would result? SIMS takes place in the very near future, when the science of genetics is fulfilling its vaunted potential. It's a world where genetically transmitted diseases are being eliminated. A world where dangerous of boring manual labour is being transferred to "sims", genetically altered chimps who occupy a gray zone between simian and human.
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Seller: Pendleburys - the bookshop in the hills, Llanwrda, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Phil Parks (illustrator). 1st Edition. hardback, octavo, a very well preserved tightly bound copy with an unmarked text and in a very good pictorial dust jacket. Published in an edition limited to 750 copies of which this example is numbered 351 and signed on the limitation page by the author. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 277070
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Seller: BooksRun, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Phil Parks (illustrator). Limited. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting. Seller Inventory # 1587670992-8-1-29
Seller: knew_4_you, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. Phil Parks (illustrator). 1st Edition. AS NEW HARDBACK. SIGNED by F. PAUL WILSON [NO Inscription]. LIMITED Ed. #251/750. DJ in Clear, ARCHIVAL MYLAR WRAP. NO remainder mark. "Fourth volume in F. Paul Wilson's series of novellas about a time and place very much like our own except that the science of genetics is decades more advanced, wherein the fates of a set of humans and a race of recombinant chimpanzees "upgraded" with human genes are inextricably entwined. Book Four: Zero opens with the desperate search for Meerm, the mysterious Sim who carries a secret that can change the world, and closes as the even more mysterious Zero exposes his true self." | SHIPS AIRMAIL INTERNATIONALLY! Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 002752
Seller: Robert Gavora, Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Talent, OR, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First edition. Number 396 of 750 copies signed by Wilson on the special limitation page. Fine in fine and bright dust jacket. Signed by Author(s). Book. Seller Inventory # 46307
Seller: Fantastic Literature Limited, Rayleigh, ESSEX, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Phil Parks (illustrator). fine hardcover copy in a fine dustwrapper 1st edition. SIGNED limited edition. SimGen is one of the most powerful corporations in the world, thanks to their monopoly on their one product, a laboratory-created species between chimpanzee and human. Seller Inventory # FN12.017
Seller: Storisende Versandbuchhandlung, Melle, Germany
Condition: sehr gut. Phil Parks (illustrator). Sprache: English Hardcover mit SU , Seller Inventory # 200553
Seller: Squeaky Trees Books, Greenfield TWP, ME, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. Phil Parks (illustrator). First signed limited edition. Signed by author on limitation page, number 368 of 750 copies; 8.5 X 5.4 X 0.8 inches; 129 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 18483
Seller: Book Gallery // Mike Riley, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Phil Parks (illustrator). Limited Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Book and Dust Jacket are in FINE condition in a FINE condition Tray Case/Clamshell. 2004. Cemetery Dance Publications. 129 pages. SIGNED by the Author. This is copy "V" of a Lettered Edition of 26 copies. This is one of hundreds of Like-New condition Limited Editions "Mostly Lettered" recently acquired from a major Collector of Fantastic, Dark Fantasy, and Horror Literature. Presses include Centipede, Gauntlet, PS Publishing, Bloodletting, Cargo Cult, Biting Dog, Night Shade, Subterranean, Cemetery Dance, Delirium, Overlook Connection, Borderlands, Dark Regions, and Charnel House. Inquiries Welcome. ; 8.90 X 6.10 X 1 inches; 129 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 106051