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The creator of the first robots with real brains, Cobb Anderson finds himself another aged "pheezer" with a bad heart, and when he is offered immortality by his creations, he risks his body and his world. Reissue.
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Rudy Rucker is a world-class mathematician and two-time winner of the Philip K. Dick Award. He is the author of the cyberpunk classics Software, Wetware and Freeware, as well as numerous other novels, including The Hollow Earth and The Hacker and the Ants. in addition to writing sf and popular mathematics books, he teaches computer science at San Jose State University in California and has co-authored a number of software programs, including an adaptation of James Gleick's Chaos and, more recently, a freeware flicker-cladding simulator known as CAPOW! He lives in Los Gatos, California.
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"Delightfully irreverant. . . This is science fiction as it should be."
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Software
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc, 1987
ISBN 10: 0380701774
ISBN 13: 9780380701773
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. It was Cobb Anderson who built the boppers-the first robots with real brains. Now, in 2020, Cobb is just another aged pheezer with a bad heart, drinking and grooving on the old tunes in Florida retirement hell. His bops have come a long way, though, rebelling against their subjugation to set up their own society on the moon. And now they're offering creator Cobb immortality but at a stiff price: his body his soul.and his world. Seller Inventory # CIN0380701774G
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Software
Published by
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ISBN 10: 0380701774
ISBN 13: 9780380701773
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Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. It was Cobb Anderson who built the boppers-the first robots with real brains. Now, in 2020, Cobb is just another aged pheezer with a bad heart, drinking and grooving on the old tunes in Florida retirement hell. His bops have come a long way, though, rebelling against their subjugation to set up their own society on the moon. And now they're offering creator Cobb immortality but at a stiff price: his body his soul.and his world. Seller Inventory # CIN0380701774G
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ISBN 10: 0380701774
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Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 4001995-6
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Software
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Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition. Seller Inventory # BCV.0380701774.G
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Soft Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Printing. 167 pages. May require extra postage. Size: Mass Market Paperback. Used. Seller Inventory # 179589
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Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Later edition. Avon 70177-4. The first robots built with real brains revolt and set up their own society on the Moon. The AIs offer their 70-year old hippie anarchist creator eternal preservation of his "software" -- his memories, his personality, his style of thought -- in the memory bank of a giant computer. "Very much in the style of Philip K. Dick, almost an affectionate parody ." - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition (1995), p. 333. Winner of the 1983 Philip K. Dick Award. Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-933. A fine copy. (#159867). Seller Inventory # 159867