2004, ISBN: 9780312852498

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New York: Del Ray - Ballentine Books. Fine 2004. Paperback. Marfree, fresh prtg; not marked-in, clearance or discard. Usually mails within 12 hours. ; 527 pages; From Publishers Weekly K… Mehr…

New York: Del Ray - Ballentine Books. Fine 2004. Paperback. Marfree, fresh prtg; not marked-in, clearance or discard. Usually mails within 12 hours. ; 527 pages; From Publishers Weekly Known for his hard SF, Baxter (the Manifold trilogy) explores social and historical issues as well as human evolution in the first of his Destiny's Children trilogy, with mixed results. In the present, George Poole discovers that he has a twin sister who belongs to a mysterious, ancient quasi-religious order in Rome; in crumbling post-Roman Britain, Regina, founder of the order, longs to recapture the days of her girlhood, when she lived a life of stability and privilege. In alternating chapters, George and Regina each make their way to Rome. George meets his sister and begins to learn something of the order that took her in; Regina-complex, bitter, obsessive-crafts the order that lasts to George's day. Regina digs under the streets of Rome into catacombs for secure living space. George, distantly related to Regina, feels the familial pull of the women still living in the warrens underground, but when he befriends a young, pregnant member of the order, he realizes that they have evolved into a new life form, a coalescent one comprising drones working within a decentralized social order. Regina's carefully researched world never quite comes to life-Baxter tells rather than shows-and the feminist implications of a coalescent life form that exploits and alters femininity are not addressed. Still, Baxter provokes thought by plausibly creating specific circumstances that result in evolution. For now, it's unclear whether a coalescent structure is good or bad, though presumably later books will provide some resolution. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Booklist Baxter connects the lives of George Poole in the present and Regina at the end of the Roman empire. George's father has just died, and the picture of a girl, Rosa, comes to light in his effects. Rosa is the mysterious twin George never knew, and he becomes consumed with the desire to find her. Regina's part of the story begins in Britain at the end of Roman rule and takes her through the western empire's collapse to Rome itself. Back to the near-past: George's sister, it develops, had been sent to the Order of Mary, Queen of Virgins, which has existed, hive-like, in Rome since the time of Regina, one of its founders. George is Regina's descendant, and the order being rather a family affair, George arrives at many uncomfortable realizations as he learns more about it. Opening with an artificial anomaly discovered in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune and ending with disturbing extrapolation of humanity's future, Coalescent is a fabric of many slowly developed plot threads woven into a tight tapestry. Regina Schroeder Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to the Hardcover edition. ., Del Ray - Ballentine Books, 2004, Tom Doherty Associates, NY: 1991. Hardcover with dustjacket has protective mylar cover. reading copy. Ex library. Last pages cut on bottom. Rear end paper removed. Science-fiction novel on the themes of virtual reality and artificial intelligence. ISBN: 0312852495., Tom Doherty Associates, NY: 1991<

ISBN: 0312852495

The latter half of the 21st century is a time when artificial intelligence is going to transform humanity. This book charts the evolution of an intelligent computer as it gains self-aware… Mehr…

The latter half of the 21st century is a time when artificial intelligence is going to transform humanity. This book charts the evolution of an intelligent computer as it gains self-awareness and accelerates humanity into a profound technological revolution. contemporary,fantasy,literature and fiction,science fiction,science fiction and fantasy Fantasy, Tor Books<

ISBN: 9780312852498

Tor Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library … Mehr…

Tor Books. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, that’ll have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Tor Books<

ISBN: 9780312852498

Hardcover book. 216 pages. Published by Media >, [PU: St Martin's Press]

1991, ISBN: 9780312852498

Tor Books, November, 1991. Hardcover. Good., Tor Books