Regis Okeefe (7 results)

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First UK edition, first impression with full number line. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners slightly bruised, not price clipped (£16.99), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy. 308pp. This book explores the work of scientists working at the edge of science on projects too ridiculous for science fiction. The 'Deathbusters' at Alcor Extension who will freeze your head for a price, building time machines, hatching plans for dismantling the sun, Evel Knievel and the private astronaut programme and, of course, the mambo chickens who spend their whole lives in intensified gravity and are built like Arnold Schwarzenegger. Here are Dave Criswell, who plans to recycle the stars to increase their energy efficiency, and Bob Forward, designer of time machines, the grey goo problem and a fifth dimensional hypervelocity space drive. A lighthearted look at scientific visionaries planning for a future with 'post-biological' people, space colonization, nanotechnology, and cryonics. Jacket by Kevin O'Keefe (illustrator).…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, in Very Good condition, there are no stamps writing or marks, Fourth Edition, some scuffing on the glossy covers, corner bumps, straight spine without creases, access code inside the cover has not been scratched off, don't know if it would still work.

Condition: Brand New. New. US edition. Expediting shipping for all USA and Europe orders excluding PO Box. Excellent Customer Service.

paperback. Condition: 11.

Paperback. Condition: Like New. LIKE NEW. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book.