1973, ISBN: 9780805097252

Centuries from now, humanity has expanded light years beyond Earth. One small settlement about nine light years away is Mount Lookitthat, set many miles above the swirling and unbearably … Mehr…

Centuries from now, humanity has expanded light years beyond Earth. One small settlement about nine light years away is Mount Lookitthat, set many miles above the swirling and unbearably hot ocean base of the planet We Made it Most citizens live in fear of committing any misdemeanor or crime that will send them to the dreaded Organ Banks, which provide replacement livers, hearts and other human parts for those that can afford them. Jesus Pietro Castro, head of Implementation with enormous powers of life and death over the human population, orders a raid on a house party, where some of the partygoers are members of an underground rebel group.Young Matt Keller escapes from the raid, and we follow his efforts, among others, to survive and overthrow Jesus Pietro Castro and the cruel, terrifying system he has enforced."Great storytelling is still alive in science fiction because of Larry Niven."- Orson Scott Card, author of ENDER'S GAME"The scope of Larry Niven's work is so vast that only a writer of supreme talent could disguise the fact as well as he can."- Tom Clancy, author of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER"His tales have grit, authenticity, colorful characters and pulse-pounding narrative drive. Niven is a true master!"- Frederik Pohl"Larry Niven is one of the giants of modern science fiction."writer."- The Baltimore Sun"Niven ... lifts the reader far from the conventional world -- and does it with dash."- The Los Angeles Times"Niven ... juggles huge concepts of time and space that no one else can lift." - Charles Sheffield"In creating a geologic world and in the interactions between humans and aliens, Niven is superb."- Boston Sunday Globe"One of the genre's most prolific and accessible talents."- Library JournalRead less, Ballantine, 1973, 2.5, UsedGood. EX LIBRARY BOOK - with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact (including the dust cover, if applicable). Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials., 0<

2013, ISBN: 9780805097252

New York: Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2013. x, 306 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. *** "Based on long-lost recordings, a set of r… Mehr…

New York: Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2013. x, 306 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. *** "Based on long-lost recordings, a set of riveting and revealing conversations with America's great cultural provocateur. There have long been rumors of a lost cache of tapes containing private conversations between Orson Welles and his friend the director Henry Jaglom, recorded over regular lunches in the years before Welles died. The tapes, gathering dust in a garage, did indeed exist, and this book reveals for the first time what they contain.Here is Welles as he has never been seen before: talking intimately, disclosing personal secrets, reflecting on the highs and lows of his astonishing career, the people he knew--FDR, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier, David Selznick, Rita Hayworth, and more--and the many disappointments of his last years. This is the great director unplugged, free to be irreverent and worse--sexist, homophobic, racist, or none of the above-- because he was nothing if not a fabulator and provocateur. Ranging from politics to literature to the shortcomings of his friends and the many films he was still eager to launch, Welles is at once cynical and romantic, sentimental and raunchy, but never boring and always wickedly funny.Edited by Peter Biskind, America's foremost film historian, My Lunches with Orson reveals one of the giants of the twentieth century, a man struggling with reversals, bitter and angry, desperate for one last triumph, but crackling with wit and a restless intelligence. This is as close as we will get to the real Welles--if such a creature ever existed. " - Publisher.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo., Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2013, 4.5<

2013, ISBN: 9780805097252

New York: Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2013. x, 306 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. *** "Based on long-lost recordings, a set of r… Mehr…

New York: Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2013. x, 306 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. *** "Based on long-lost recordings, a set of riveting and revealing conversations with America's great cultural provocateur. There have long been rumors of a lost cache of tapes containing private conversations between Orson Welles and his friend the director Henry Jaglom, recorded over regular lunches in the years before Welles died. The tapes, gathering dust in a garage, did indeed exist, and this book reveals for the first time what they contain.Here is Welles as he has never been seen before: talking intimately, disclosing personal secrets, reflecting on the highs and lows of his astonishing career, the people he knew--FDR, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier, David Selznick, Rita Hayworth, and more--and the many disappointments of his last years. This is the great director unplugged, free to be irreverent and worse--sexist, homophobic, racist, or none of the above-- because he was nothing if not a fabulator and provocateur. Ranging from politics to literature to the shortcomings of his friends and the many films he was still eager to launch, Welles is at once cynical and romantic, sentimental and raunchy, but never boring and always wickedly funny.Edited by Peter Biskind, America's foremost film historian, My Lunches with Orson reveals one of the giants of the twentieth century, a man struggling with reversals, bitter and angry, desperate for one last triumph, but crackling with wit and a restless intelligence. This is as close as we will get to the real Welles--if such a creature ever existed. " - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo., Henry Holt and Company; Metropolitan Books, 2013, 4<

2013, ISBN: 0805097252

[EAN: 9780805097252], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Metropolitan Books], Based on long-lost recordings, a set of riveting and revealing conversations with Americas great cultural provoca… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780805097252], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Metropolitan Books], Based on long-lost recordings, a set of riveting and revealing conversations with Americas great cultural provocateurThere have long been rumors of a lost cache of tapes containing private conversations between Orson Welles and his friend the director Henry Jaglom, recorded over regular lunches in the years before Welles died. The tapes, gathering dust in a garage, did indeed exist, and this book reveals for the first time what they contain.Here is Welles as he has never been seen before: talking intimately, disclosing personal secrets, reflecting on the highs and lows of his astonishing Hollywood career, the people he knew-FDR, Winston Churchill, Charlie Chaplin, Marlene Dietrich, Laurence Olivier, David Selznick, Rita Hayworth, and more-and the many disappointments of his last years. This is the great director unplugged, free to be irreverent and worse-sexist, homophobic, racist, or none of the above- because he was nothing if not a fabulator and provocateur. Ranging from politics to literature to movies to the shortcomings of his friends and the many films he was still eager to launch, Welles is at once cynical and romantic, sentimental and raunchy, but never boring and always wickedly funny.Edited by Peter Biskind, Americas foremost film historian, My Lunches with Orson reveals one of the giants of the twentieth century, a man struggling with reversals, bitter and angry, desperate for one last triumph, but crackling with wit and a restless intelligence. This is as close as we will get to the real Welles-if such a creature ever existed. 1.6675, Books<