Body of Glass (He, She and It) - Marge Piercy - 1992 Penguin Books Paperback

Description: Body of Glass (He, She and It) - Marge Piercy - 1992 Penguin Books Paperback Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Rafal Olbinski Awards: 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award Blurb: “THIS IS A TALE OF MY FAMILY FROM LONG AGO WHEN THE WORLD SEEMED TO BE BREAKING OPEN ...' In 1600 in a Jewish ghetto in Prague a 'golem' is brought to life to protect the inhabitants from attack by mobs that rise periodically to ravage and murder. In the 21st century the story continues ... In North America, scientist Shira Shipman joins forces with Yod, the world's most sophisticated cyborg, to guard her freetown, Tikva - a fragile modern ghetto in a land of rigidly controlled environmental corporate domes - from a gang of deadly intruders ... 'A powerful, deeply felt parable about the individual versus the state' - Cosmopolitan 'Body of Glass is much more than science fiction. It's a touching love story (several, actually) and a gripping adventure tale ... her best novel yet' - St Louis Post Dispatch *Outstanding ... I have not read a more disturbing or moving novel about an artificial intelligence since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ... it elevates its author to the pantheon of haute SF alongside Doris Lessing and Ursula Le Guin' - Martin Mulligan in the Financial Times 'A triumph of the imagination ..: a rich, complex tale so unique and so compelling it is simply impossible to put down' - Alice Hoffman” ISBN 0-14-015602-X Body of Glass (He, She and It) - Marge Piercy - 1992 Penguin Books Paperback Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Rafal Olbinski Awards: 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award Blurb: “THIS IS A TALE OF MY FAMILY FROM LONG AGO WHEN THE WORLD SEEMED TO BE BREAKING OPEN ...' In 1600 in a Jewish ghetto in Prague a 'golem' is brought to life to protect the inhabitants from attack by mobs that rise periodically to ravage and murder. In the 21st century the story continues ... In North America, scientist Shira Shipman joins forces with Yod, the world's most sophisticated cyborg, to guard her freetown, Tikva - a fragile modern ghetto in a land of rigidly controlled environmental corporate domes - from a gang of deadly intruders ... 'A powerful, deeply felt parable about the individual versus the state' - Cosmopolitan 'Body of Glass is much more than science fiction. It's a touching love story (several, actually) and a gripping adventure tale ... her best novel yet' - St Louis Post Dispatch *Outstanding ... I have not read a more disturbing or moving novel about an artificial intelligence since Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ... it elevates its author to the pantheon of haute SF alongside Doris Lessing and Ursula Le Guin' - Martin Mulligan in the Financial Times 'A triumph of the imagination ..: a rich, complex tale so unique and so compelling it is simply impossible to put down' - Alice Hoffman” ISBN 0-14-015602-X × × × × × × × × × Buy now and save! Tell a friend Visit store Watch now You might also like Pinocchio-Carlo Collodi, Charles Folkard - 1916 David McKay Company hardback God's Treasure House Unlocked - Charles G. Schuh 1887 Cranston & Stowe hardback Lavender and Old Lace - Myrtle Reed 1902 Grosset & Dunlap vintage hardback Walden or Life in the Woods - Henry David Thoreau Riverside Library edition eBay integration by

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