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by Mark Adlard
| Paperback in Very Good condition. Pages tanned. Light groove across top edge. Spine slightly sunned.
Published by Futura Publications - First printing in this edition - 1977.
Volume three in the Tcity trilogy.
The brilliant conclusion to Mark Adlard's superb trilogy of the north-east in the twenty-second century.
After the failure of total leisure to produce happiness in Tcity, the executives have re-introduced work to the citizens - and with it a specially programmed element of inefficiency to encourage a sense of purpose.
But when a high-ranking executive investigates, she finds the motivations of the citizens strange and complex. A man works only to drown the hideous memories that crowd his brain; another looks for solace with the inventive aphrodollies. A clerk forms a burning obsession for doorhandles; an old woman constantly relives her bizarre erotic experiences.
And all the while, the twisted purposes of the citizens are mirrored by the opulent but sterile lives of the executives, seeking to renconcile their rich and cultured lives with their failure to create ...
Vol: 1 - Interface
Vol: 2 - Voltface.
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Publisher: Futura / Orbit
ISBN: 0860079716
Condition: Very Good |
1977
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