Recursion

Ballantyne, Tony

ISBN 10: 1405041390 / ISBN 13: 9781405041393

Published by Tor, 2004

Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. The book is perfectly readable and fit for use, although it shows signs of previous ownership. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn. Textbooks will typically have an amount of underlining and/or highlighting, as well as notes. If this book is over 5 years old, then please expect the pages to be yellowing or to have age spots. Ex-library book with stamps on the first page, it is also likely to have a small shelf number sticker on the spine. Damaged book. Slightly damaged in some way typically, a grazed corner or torn cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Seller Inventory # CHL10099839

Synopsis:

It is the twenty-third century. Herb, a young entrepreneur, returns to the isolated planet on which he has illegally been trying to build a city–and finds it destroyed by a swarming nightmare of self-replicating machinery. Worse, the all-seeing Environment Agency has been watching him the entire time. His punishment? A nearly hopeless battle in the farthest reaches of the universe against enemy machines twice as fast, and twice as deadly, as his own–in the company of a disarmingly confident AI who may not be exactly what he claims…Little does Herb know that this war of machines was set in motion nearly two hundred years ago–by mankind itself. For it was then that a not-quite-chance encounter brought a confused young girl and a nearly omnipotent AI together in one fateful moment that may have changed the course of humanity forever.

About the Author: Tony Ballantyne has contributed regularly to SF magazines, and lives in the Manchester area. This is his first published novel.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Recursion
Publisher: Tor
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Used; Acceptable