City at the End of Time (*SIGNED* 1st Edition)

Bear, Greg

ISBN 10: 0345448391 / ISBN 13: 9780345448392

Published by Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A., 2008

About this Item

Fine condition 1st Edition/1st Printing in Fine condition dust jacket *SIGNED* by the author on the title page without inscription. "After a handful of well received novels that can be described as technothrillers, Greg Bear returns to the genre where he made his name, Science Fiction. Specifically, he returns to Science Fiction with a Big Idea as its central element -- City at the End of Time strives to answer one of the nagging questions of SF -- what happens at the end of all things?" -- sffworld Book Review. This copy is square, solid, and tight. Completely clean and unmarked inside and out with sharp corners and no rub wear. It has one tiny dent in the bottom edge of the front cover. The dust jacket is not price-clipped, is completely clean and has no chips or tears but does have a little wear along the edges and a crease in the inside front flap. Will be bubble-wrapped to protect the corners and shipped in a sturdy box to ensure safe delivery.

Seller Inventory # ABH461

Bibliographic Details

• Title: City at the End of Time (*SIGNED* 1st Edition)
• Publisher: Ballantine Books, Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0345448391
• ISBN 13: 9780345448392
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece.

Do you dream of a city at the end of time?

In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people–Ginny, Jack, and Daniel–dream of a doomed, decadent city of the distant future: the Kalpa. Ginny’s and Jack’s dreams overtake them without warning, leaving their bodies behind while carrying their consciousnesses forward, into the minds of two inhabitants of the Kalpa–a would-be warrior, Jebrassy, and an inquisitive explorer, Tiadba–who have been genetically retro-engineered to possess qualities of ancient humanity. As for Daniel: He dreams of an empty darkness–all that his future holds.

But more than dreams link Ginny, Jack, and Daniel. They are fate-shifters, born with the ability to skip like stones across the surface of the fifth dimension, inhabiting alternate versions of themselves. And each guards an object whose origin and purpose are unknown: gnarled, stony artifacts called sum-runners that persist unchanged through all versions of time.

Hunted by others with similar powers who seek the sum-runners on behalf of a terrifying, goddess-like entity known as the Chalk Princess, Ginny, Jack, and Daniel are drawn, despite themselves, into an all but hopeless mission to rescue the future–and complete the greatest achievement in human history.

About the Author

Greg Bear is the author of more than twenty-five books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has been awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear, and they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandra.

www.gregbear.com