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"A richly absorbing tale--with a marvelous premise expertly carried out."--Kirkus Reviews
"One of the most imaginative accounts of futuristic bioengineering since Geg Bear's Blood Music."--Locus
"A heady novel bursting with speculation."--Library Journal
"An exuberant celebration of excess set in a resource-poor but defiantly eneregtic 21st century...you will not be bored."--The New York Times
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- PublisherOrb Books
- Publication date1994
- ISBN 10 0312890230
- ISBN 13 9780312890230
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages400
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