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Brain Wave
de ANDERSON, Poul
- Usado
- First
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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New York: Walker and Company, 1969. First thus. First printing of the first American hardcover edition (originally published in paperback, 1954; in cloth in the UK in 1955). Octavo. White cloth hardcover; rose-pink topstain; fore edge untrimmed; dustjacket; 164pp. Spine ends bumped, else a tight, Near Fine copy, with the topstain even and unfaded. In the original dustwrapper, price-clipped, slightly toned and with two faint splash-stains at upper margin of front panel; Very Good.
A rather hard-to-find hardcover reissue of this early Anderson novel, an exploration of the potential effects of greatly heightened intelligence among Earth's inhabitants. Anderson considered it one of his best works, which likely accounts for the existence of this reissue some fifteen years after the book's first appearance.
A rather hard-to-find hardcover reissue of this early Anderson novel, an exploration of the potential effects of greatly heightened intelligence among Earth's inhabitants. Anderson considered it one of his best works, which likely accounts for the existence of this reissue some fifteen years after the book's first appearance.
Sinopsis
What if we're all designed to be smarter than we actually are? That is, in short, the premise of master science fiction novelist Poul Anderson's 1954 debut work, Brainwave. Unbeknownst to its inhabitants, the solar system has, for millions of years, been caught in a force field that has had the effect of suppressing intelligence. When, in the course of normal galactic movement the solar system finally breaks free of the force field and its inhibiting effects, a remarkable change begins to sweep across the earth. In fact, the entire world is turned upside-down, and Anderson's novel is devoted to detailing the sometimes-surprising, sometimes-chilling aftereffects of this watershed event. In one of the novel's opening scenes, Archie Brock, a mentally disabled man, finds himself suddenly awash in new kinds of thoughts as he looks up at the night sky. In another scene, a young boy on summer break works out the basic foundations of calculus before breakfast. Human life is dramatically transformed, as people with IQ's of 400 find themselves living within social structures and institutions designed for people of considerably less intelligence. There are also those who refuse to accept what has happened and band together to rebel against the new order. In another interesting twist, human relationships with other creatures on the planet are also thrown into upheaval, as animals rediscover their native intelligence. Archie Brock, for instance finds working on a farm with intelligent animals a frustrating, comic and confounding experience, as some animals band together and escape while others befriend their former masters.A fascinating "what if" novel, Brainwave is really an exploration into the ways human society is organized and the assumptions that are made about how life is valued. It is also a novel about equality and what happens when the hierarchical structures by which we arrange our daily lives disappear.
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- Librería
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 81516
- Título
- Brain Wave
- Autor
- ANDERSON, Poul
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First thus
- Editorial
- Walker and Company
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1969
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Modern Fiction; Fantasy - Lost Race - Science Fiction;
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
