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The abyss / a novel by Orson Scott Card ; based on an original screenplay by James Cameron.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Card, O. 1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Card, Orson Scott, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nuclear warfare--Fiction.
- Nuclear warfare.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 363 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Manufacture:
- Orange, VA : Orange Graphics.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pocket Books, 1989.
- Summary:
- Far beneath the blue Caribbean sea lies Deepcore, the world's most advanced high-technology drilling station. When a mysterious force sends the submarine USS Montana spinning out of control, Deepcore is commandeered as the base for a naval rescue operation. Lindsay Brigman, designer of Deepcore, insists on joining the team. When the operation gets underway, she witnesses something astonishing, activity she can only define as non-terrestrial intelligence. Nobody takes her seriously - there are far more pressing concerns. For up above, the world is spinning towards nuclear war ...
- Notes:
- Reprint in hardback with larger format than the original paperback ed. Lacks extract from text on preliminary page and the end page with note on computer composition, both of which were in the original ed.
- Novelization: 15581.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- OCLC:
- 365181084
- Publisher Number:
- 15581 Pocket Books
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