An Alien Light

New York: Arbor House. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0712623841 . This book is in Fine condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright. There is some beginning toning to the top and rear spine joint of the read panel, and also to the top edges of both dust jacket flaps. "Kress tends to write technically realistic hard science fiction stories, often set in a fairly near future. Her fiction often involves genetic engineering, and, to a lesser degree, artificial intelligence. There are many technologies shared between stories, including "genemod" to refer to genetic engineering, and foamcast, a lightweight and sturdy building material that appears in many of her novels and short stories. By conducting extensive research she keeps her topics within the realm of possibility; however, as Kress clarified for one Locus interviewer, "[Sheffield] pronounces it science fiction, and I pronounce it science fiction." She loves ballet, and has written stories around it. " (from Wikipedia) .