Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Archform : Beauty by L. E. Modesitt Jr. (2002, Hardcover)
AlibrisBooks (464496)
98.6% positive feedback
Price:
$56.68
Free shipping
Returns:
30 days returns. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
New Hard cover
- Buy It NowArchform: Beauty by Jr. Modesitt, L E: New
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-100765304333
ISBN-139780765304339
eBay Product ID (ePID)2199372
Product Key Features
Book TitleArchform : Beauty
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction / General
Publication Year2002
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorL.E. Modesitt Jr.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight21.8 Oz
Item Length10.2 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-059655
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisMost readers recognize L. E. Modesitt, Jr., as the author of a favorite fantasy series, be it The Magic of Recluce or The Spellsong Cycle. It's always a special treat when he turns his hand again to SF and Archform: Beauty is no exception. Four centuries in the future, the world is rich--nanomachines watch the health of the wealthy and manufacture food and gadgets for everybody--but no Utopia, as we see in the lives of five very different people. A singing teacher suffers for her music and fights bureaucracy and apathy. A news researcher delivers the essential background details but can't help looking deeper and wondering about the real story behind the grim incidents that make the headlines. A police investigator, assigned to study trends, begins to see a truly sinister pattern behind a series of seemingly unrelated crimes and deaths. A politician aids his constituents, fights the good fight, and tries to get reelected without compromising his principles. A ruthless businessman strives to make his family powerful, wealthy, and independent. Theirs is a society where technology takes care of everyone's basic needs but leaves most people struggling to extract a meaningful life from a world crowded with wonders but empty of commitment and human connection. Alternating the voices and experiences of these five characters in a tour de force of imaginative creation, Modesitt overlaps, combines, and builds their disparate stories into a brilliant tale of future crime and investigation, esthetic challenge and personal triumph. In the same way that he has built fantasy landscapes of surpassing fascination, Modesitt creates a believable future, one imbued with a deep understanding of the way politics works and how people act and react when their sense of themselves, of justice and truth, is exploited by others for power and control. When there's nothing left to need or want, will beauty live on in people's lives or disappear forever? L. E. Modesitt, Jr. asks difficult questions, sets himself unlikely challenges, and once again delivers an absorbing tale that enlightens, entertains, and uplifts all at once.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.O264A89 2002
All listings for this product
Be the first to write a review
