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A first UK edition hardback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing. (Previously published by Corgi in paperback in 1977) this 1997 edition states that it is revised. Appears unread. Price still on dust jacket. Small bump to base of book spine. Small crease at the top of the inside of the front flap, and a tiny one at the base of the rear flap. Comes with an information sheet from the publisher.
SYNOPSIS: “The entire terrible incident might be seen as the genesis of a modern socio-sexual myth. It has all the necessary elements: a sleeping beauty and a beast, a a prison of gothic proportions, a god and a woman and the creation of a demi-god. This is an afterthought of course. At the time I did not have the presence of mind for casual contemplation – from the transcript of Susan Abramson’s reports.
Proteus is the store of human knowledge: a learning, thinking, self-programming computer designed as a slave to mankind. but Proteus intends to create a ‘child’. And in the privacy of Susan Abramson’s house, against her will, he commits an inconceivable act of terror…”
Packed weight 610gms. IN STOCK READY FOR DESPATCH
