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An alien light / a novel by Nancy Kress.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Kress, N.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kress, Nancy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-alien encounters--Fiction.
- Human-alien encounters.
- Space warfare--Fiction.
- Space warfare.
- Science fiction, American.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 370 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book club edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Arbor House, [1987]
- Summary:
- The human race is at war with Ged, a collective species that is baffled by mankind's ability to turn violence upon itself and yet advance into space. In order to defeat the humans, the GED must first understand them.
- Notes:
- Jacket design by Ron Walotsky.
- Edition statement from front flap.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 2457
- OCLC:
- 20468140
- Publisher Number:
- 11796 Science Fiction Book Club
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