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Wizard / John Varley.
LIBRA - Adams Collection SciFi Varley, J.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Varley, John, 1947 August 9-2025, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Human-alien encounters--Fiction.
- Human-alien encounters.
- Women ship captains.
- Life on other planets--Fiction.
- Life on other planets.
- Women ship captains--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Science fiction.
- Novels.
- Penn Provenance:
- Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- x, 338 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Book Club edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1980.
- Summary:
- Seventy five years after the arrival of Ringmaster on Titan, Captain Cirocco "Rocky" Jones has developed an odd, almost symbiotic relationship with the planet-sized alien she calls home. But Gaea is three million years old, a god whose body is failing and whose mind is swiftly deteriorating. Rocky comes to the conclusion that Gaea has gone insane, and she must launch a battle to preserve what can be saved.
- Notes:
- First printing has gutter code "K47" on page 337, indicates a printing in November 1980.
- Local Notes:
- Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.
- Adams Collection copy has dustjacket. Has gutter code.
- Cited in:
- Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 126541
- OCLC:
- 7929074
- Publisher Number:
- 03370 Science Fiction Book Club
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