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02537aam a2200373 c 4500 001 92FF12C2300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220909010236 008 210625r20212010nyu 000 f eng c 010 $a 2021945285 020 $a 9780316362290 020 $a 0316362298 035 $a (OCoLC)1257549345 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d NYP $d KAY $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 04 $a PR6068.E95 $b T47 2021 082 04 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Reynolds, Alastair, $d 1966- $e author. $9 320979 245 10 $a Terminal world / $c Alastair Reynolds 250 $a First Orbit edition 264 1 $a New York : $b Orbit, $c 2021 300 $a 484 pages ; $c 23 cm 490 0 $a Revelation Space universe novels ; $v [6] 500 $a Reprint. Originally published: London : Gollancz, 2010 520 $a "In the last surviving human city, an ex-spy gets sucked into a dangerous quest that will take him beyond the city walls when a winged man turns up dead in his morgue in this innovative and original dystopian space adventure. Spearpoint, the last human city, is an enormous atmosphere-piercing spire. Clinging to its skin are the zones, a series of semi-autonomous city-states, each of which enjoys a different--and rigidly enforced--level of technology. Following an infiltration mission that went tragically wrong, Quillon has been living incognito, working as a pathologist in the district morgue. But when a near-dead angel drops onto his dissecting table, Quillon's world is wrenched apart one more time, for the angel is a winged posthuman from Spearpoint's Celestial Levels--and with the dying body comes bad news. If Quillon is to save his life, he must leave his home and journey into the cold and hostile lands beyond Spearpoint's base, starting an exile that will take him further than he could ever imagine. But there is far more at stake than just Quillon's own survival, for the limiting technologies of the zones are determined not by governments or police, but by the very nature of reality--and reality itself is showing worrying signs of instability..."-- $c Provided by publisher 650 0 $a Technology and civilization $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Angels $v Fiction. $9 203341 650 0 $a Life on other planets $v Fiction. $9 213482 655 7 $a Science fiction. $2 lcgft $9 802198 655 7 $a Steampunk fiction. $2 lcgft $9 668805 941 $a 1 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20230124011228.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=92FF12C2300611EDA406B4E81FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b KAYInitiate Another SILO Locator Search