The Final Architecture Trilogy - Shards of Earth; Eyes of the Void; Lords of Uncreation (3 vols Signed x2 1st/1st)

Tchaikovsky, Adrian

ISBN 10: 0246138815 / ISBN 13: 9780246138811

Published by Tor, London, 2021

About this Item

First edition first printings. Three volume set in The Final Architecture Trilogy. Hardback books are all tight clean and square. Boards sharp and clean, title gilt perfect. Text blocks clean, with off white edges. All volumes feel lightly read and have a little bowing of the text block at head of spine due to reading and the weight of the text block. Shards of Earth has a little lean, and is signed to the signature page by the author. Eyes of the Void has a very slight lean, and is signed to the signature page by the author.Lord of Creation is nice and square, with a single light dust mark to the top edge of the text block. Books grade near fine. Jackets have bold colours to the panels and straight and clean with a little crimping to the edges and head of the spines. Book one and Book Two have signed by author stickers on the front panel. Jackets grade fine. These books are fitted with a non adhesive archival quality book protector to make a worthy addition to your collection. Note we do not use stock images, the book pictured is the book described. Please note : this set of books are very heavy (3500g) overseas purchasers may be charged additional shipping. Please contact bookseller for exact price. For UK customers this set of books will be delivered by courier. A near fine set this recent collectible trilogy, the first two volumes are signed by the author, (shame the third one is not). A super addition to a Modern SF collection. Seller Inventory # 007652

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Final Architecture Trilogy - Shards of ...

Publisher: Tor, London

Publication Date: 2021

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

science fiction

Review:

Red Mars opens with a tragic murder, an event that becomes the focal point for the surviving characters and the turning point in a long intrigue that pits idealistic Mars colonists against a desperately overpopulated Earth, radical political groups of all stripes against each other, and the interests of transnational corporations against the dreams of the pioneers.

This is a vast book: a chronicle of the exploration of Mars with some of the most engaging, vivid, and human characters in recent science fiction. Robinson fantasizes brilliantly about the science of terraforming a hostile world, analyzes the socio-economic forces that propel and attempt to control real interplanetary colonization, and imagines the diverse reactions that humanity would have to the dead, red planet.

Red Mars is so magnificent a story, you will want to move on to Blue Mars and Green Mars. But this first, most beautiful book is definitely the best of the three. Readers new to Robinson may want to follow up with some other books that take place in the colonized solar system of the future: either his earlier (less polished but more carefree) The Memory of Whiteness and Icehenge, or 1998's Antarctica. --L. Blunt Jackson