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Author
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Lisa
Mason |
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Title
Index
A |
Arachne |
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| Year |
1990 |
| Publisher |
Avon
Books |
| ISBN |
0380729717 |
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Synopsis
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High
above the perilous
streets of
post-quake San
Francisco Island,
mechanically
modified urban
professionals link
minds in
cybernetic 'telespace'
- pushing through
business deals and
legal decisions at
warp speed.
Hotshot lawyer
Carly Nolan is
brand new to the
high-power
game. But
unexplained
telelink blackouts
and bizarre
hallucinations
have marred her
debut appearance
before a
computer-generated
court. And
now the ambitious
young attorney is
forced to consider
psychic surgery,
entrusting her
career - and her
mind - to robot
therapist Prober
Spinner. For
there's an
insidious scheme
afoot to steal
human souls and
psyches. And
Carly Nolan's
unconscious may be
a prize worth
killing for. |
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Review
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"Cybernetics,
robotics, the
aftermath of San
Francisco's big
quake II, urban
tribalism - Lisa
Mason combines
them all with such
deftness and grace
they form not a
patchwork, but a
living world ...
her characters and
their world will
stay with you long
after you've
finished this fine
book.
Locus |
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Credit:
NASA
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Eclipse
in
Triplicate
Sliding
through
Earth's
shadow,
the Moon
turned
haunting
shades of
red and
orange
during
October
27th's
widely
viewed
total
lunar
eclipse.
The
reddish
hues are
caused by
sunlight
scattered
and
refracted
by the
atmosphere
into the
Earth's
otherwise
dark
central
shadow
region.
Enjoying
the show
from
Dunkirk,
Md.,
astronomer
Fred
Espenak
recorded
the images
used in
this
composite
photo. The
picture
shows the
Moon at
the
beginning
(right),
middle
(center)
and end
(left) of
totality,
which
lasted
about 81
minutes.
Credit
and
Copyright:
Fred
Espenak |
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NASA
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the day
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