A far-future Moby-Dick by the author of Schismatrix A desperate addict on a bleak, arid planet boards a whaling vessel to hunt the drug he craves. The powerful narcotic syncophine, commonly known as Flare, comes from only one source: the oil of the gargantuan whale-like beasts that swim the dust sea of Nullaqua. It was John Newhouse's addiction to the substance that made him a dealer and forced him to move to this airless, inhospitable planet. But when the all-powerful galactic Confederacy declares Flare illegal, the ...
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A far-future Moby-Dick by the author of Schismatrix A desperate addict on a bleak, arid planet boards a whaling vessel to hunt the drug he craves. The powerful narcotic syncophine, commonly known as Flare, comes from only one source: the oil of the gargantuan whale-like beasts that swim the dust sea of Nullaqua. It was John Newhouse's addiction to the substance that made him a dealer and forced him to move to this airless, inhospitable planet. But when the all-powerful galactic Confederacy declares Flare illegal, the needs of Newhouse and his clientele leave the desperate off-worlder no choice but to sign on as an able seaman aboard a dustwhaler and hunt the giant creatures himself. Joining a crew of junkies and misfits, including a mad captain with his own dark and secret agenda and a bewitching, batlike alien woman who is pained by human touch, Newhouse sets out across the silica ocean at the bottom of a seventy-mile-deep crater in search of release and redemption . . . and sails toward a fateful confrontation between man and beast that could lead to catastrophe. Bruce Sterling's debut novel is a remarkable feat of world building--imaginative, provocative, and smart, featuring an unforgettable cast of colorful characters. If Herman Melville's Moby-Dick unfolded on Frank Herbert's Dune , the result might be something akin to Sterling's extraordinary Involution Ocean .
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Very good. No dust jacket as issued. (042807) 1st edition Mass market paperback is in VG+/Fine condition with light creases very tip ends outside frocov corners, bacov has shadow creases bottom left corner, very light overall wear. paperback (US). Glued binding. Audience: General/trade.
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NF. 191 p. 1st edition, paperback original from Jove HBJ, 1978. NEAR FINE, some foxing to top page block. The author's 1st book, #4 in the Harlan Ellison Discovery Series.
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191 p. 1st edition, paperback original from Jove HBJ, 1978. FINE with halo tanning inside covers. The author's 1st book, #4 in The Harlan Ellison Discovery Series, intro by Ellison.
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