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Interlibrary Loan
de Gene Wolfe
- Usado
- Tapa blanda
- Estado
- New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover)
- ISBN 10
- 1250242673
- ISBN 13
- 9781250242679
- Librería
-
San Francisco, California, United States
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
Tor Books, 11/9/2021. Later Edition. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). New
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El Jun 30 2020, un lector dijo:
Interlibrary Loan is the second book (and last) in the Borrowed Man series by award-winning American author, Gene Wolfe. It's the twenty-second century, the human population is down to a billion, technology is highly advanced, and 'bots, sims and clones are part of everyday life.
Ern A. Smithe, a reclone of the 21st Century mystery writer, is puzzled to find himself on the new and luxurious truck with two other reclone resources from Spice Grove Public Library. Ern's friend, Millie Baumgartner is a renowned cookbook writer, while Rose Romain is a romance writer. They have apparently been requested for interlibrary loan to Polly's Cove Public Library.
Once there, Ern is checked out by young Chandra Fevre on behalf of her mother, Adah, but on his way out the door, he catches sight of an older, very much dilapidated copy of himself for sale in the lobby. At the Fevre house, Ern is shown what resembles a treasure map and is told a fantastic story of a boat journey and a missing husband: one Dr Barry Fevre, anatomy professor at Spice Grove University. But is Barry really missing? Adah's story isn't entirely reliable.
Before long, Ern has enlisted the help of reclone nautical author, Audrey Hopkins, and a journey in an apparently sentient boat with mother and daughter Fevre to an Arctic island, reputed to be the source of cadavers for anatomical dissection, is underway. From there the story manages to include ice caves, angels(?), a self-building, animate house, a Continental cop, and some very tall trees. Ern is checked out to help solve a murder.
It's difficult to say whether the ending is intended as a cliff-hanger (never to be explained now the author has died) or simply vague because the manuscript was perhaps incomplete. There were some inconsistencies that might have been corrected by a diligent editor. The last fifteen percent is rather disjointed, and the lack of any real resolution gives this sequel an unfinished feel. After the promise of A Borrowed Man, this last novel by Wolfe is, sadly, disappointing.
This unbiased review is from an uncorrected proof copy provided by NetGalley and Tor/Forge
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Detalles
- Librería
- Borderlands Books (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 000-223755
- Título
- Interlibrary Loan
- Autor
- Gene Wolfe
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6 by 8-9 inch softcover)
- Estado del libro
- Nuevo
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- N/A (volume is softcover)
- Edición
- Later Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- ISBN 10
- 1250242673
- ISBN 13
- 9781250242679
- Editorial
- Tor Books
- Fecha de publicación
- 11/9/2021
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Sobre el vendedor
Borderlands Books
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San Francisco, California
Sobre Borderlands Books
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