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02594aam a2200433Ia 4500 001 EF5CC6D8EF8B11E79EB7FC5197128E48 003 SILO 005 20180102010224 008 830901t19831983ilu 000 f eng d 010 $a 82084242 020 $a 9780911361001 020 $a 0911361006 035 $a (OCoLC)9870742 040 $a LNC $b eng $c LNC $d BAKER $d YDXCP $d OCLCQ $d JZ6 $d OCLCO $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d NUI $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 050 4 $a PS3558.O46968 $b A68 1983 082 04 $a 813/.54 $2 22 100 1 $a Holmes, Bruce, $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009029356 245 10 $a Anvil of the heart / $c Bruce T. Holmes. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a Evanston, Ill. : $b Haven Corp., $c [1983] 300 $a 312 pages ; $c 24 cm 500 $a Novel. 520 $a It is the year 2057 and John Cunningham's generation is the last of its kind. He is a Homo sapiens, a member of the old race. Genetic engineers have learned to create a new version of humankind: highly intelligent, unemotional, non-violent, rational beings. A Constitutional amendment safeguarded the rights of these engineered offspring to their full potential. Cunningham's children are more intelligent than he, and his wife has lost herself in the entertainments and drugs allotted to the "old people" waiting for extinction. How does one pass the time while waiting for extinction? 541 $3 Hevelin copy #1 $c Purchase; $a Rusty Hevelin; $d 201204. $5 IaU 561 $3 Hevelin copy #1 $a Insert is a letter from the publisher (complimentary copy) to former owner: Wilson Bob Tucker. $5 IaU 563 $3 Hevelin copy #1 $a Publisher's illustrated dust jacket. $5 IaU 650 0 $a Genetic engineering $v Fiction. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105122 650 0 $a Human beings $x Evolution $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Extinction (Biology) $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dystopias $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Science fiction. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85118629 655 7 $a Dystopian fiction. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026302 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026529 655 7 $a Fiction. $2 lcgft $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/genreForms/gf2014026339 700 1 $a Hevelin, Rusty, $e former owner. $5 IaU $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015056446 700 1 $a Tucker, Wilson, $d 1914-2006, $e former owner. $5 IaU $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79015706 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231021024632.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EF5CC6D8EF8B11E79EB7FC5197128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search