The Resource Rainbows end, Vernor Vinge
Rainbows end, Vernor Vinge
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The item Rainbows end, Vernor Vinge represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item Rainbows end, Vernor Vinge represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- Recovering Alzheimer's patient and former poet Robert Gu begins to retrain at a high school in order to become adjusted to the technology driven world. Unintentionally, he becomes involved in a conspiracy to use technology as a method for world domination and also feels compelled to protest against the changes planned for the UCSD Geisel Library where all the books there and worldwide would physically cease to exist
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 364 pages
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Isbn
- 9780812536362
- Label
- Rainbows end
- Title
- Rainbows end
- Statement of responsibility
- Vernor Vinge
- Subject
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- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Fiction
- trueBiological weapons
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- Fiction
- trueCalifornia
- California -- San Diego
- trueChinese American men
- Chinese Americans -- Fiction
- trueCollege teachers
- trueComputer technology
- trueConspiracies
- Conspiracies
- Conspiracies -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueManipulation (Social sciences)
- Memory
- Memory -- Fiction
- trueNear future
- Novels
- truePeople with Alzheimer's disease
- truePoets
- Poets, American
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
- San Diego (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Diego, California
- Science fiction
- 1900-1999
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- trueTechnology
- trueViruses
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Recovering Alzheimer's patient and former poet Robert Gu begins to retrain at a high school in order to become adjusted to the technology driven world. Unintentionally, he becomes involved in a conspiracy to use technology as a method for world domination and also feels compelled to protest against the changes planned for the UCSD Geisel Library where all the books there and worldwide would physically cease to exist
- Award
-
- Hugo Award for Best Novel, 2007.
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, 2007.
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- 144844
- Cataloging source
- TEF
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Vinge, Vernor
- Dewey number
- 813/.54
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3572.I534
- LC item number
- R35 2006
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Alzheimer's disease
- Poets, American
- Books and reading
- Conspiracies
- Memory
- San Diego (Calif.)
- Chinese Americans
- Alzheimer's disease
- Books and reading
- Conspiracies
- Memory
- Poets, American
- California
- Label
- Rainbows end, Vernor Vinge
- Link
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm67711627
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 364 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812536362
- Lccn
- 2006278136
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 9780312856847
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)67711627
- Label
- Rainbows end, Vernor Vinge
- Link
- Note
- "A Tom Doherty Associates book."
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm67711627
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 364 pages
- Isbn
- 9780812536362
- Lccn
- 2006278136
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780312856847
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)67711627
Subject
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients
- Alzheimer's disease -- Patients -- Fiction
- trueBiological weapons
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- Fiction
- trueCalifornia
- California -- San Diego
- trueChinese American men
- Chinese Americans -- Fiction
- trueCollege teachers
- trueComputer technology
- trueConspiracies
- Conspiracies
- Conspiracies -- Fiction
- Fiction
- trueManipulation (Social sciences)
- Memory
- Memory -- Fiction
- trueNear future
- Novels
- truePeople with Alzheimer's disease
- truePoets
- Poets, American
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Fiction
- trueProtests, demonstrations, vigils, etc
- San Diego (Calif.) -- Fiction
- trueSan Diego, California
- Science fiction
- 1900-1999
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- trueTechnology
- trueViruses
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