{"product_id":"9780765342614","title":"Kiln People","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eKiln People\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): David Brin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a perilous future where disposable duplicate bodies fulfill every legal and illicit whim of their decadent masters, life is cheap. No one knows that better than Albert Morris, a brash investigator with a knack for trouble, who has sent his own duplicates into deadly peril more times than he cares to remember.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when Morris takes on a ring of bootleggers making illegal copies of a famous actress, he stumbles upon a secret so explosive it has incited open warfare on the streets of Dittotown. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr. Yosil Maharal, a brilliant researcher in artificial intelligence, has suddenly vanished, just as he is on the verge of a revolutionary scientific breakthrough. Maharal's daughter, Ritu, believes he has been kidnapped-or worse. Aeneas Polom, a reclusive trillionaire who appears in public only through his high-priced platinum duplicates, offers Morris unlimited resources to locate Maharal before his awesome discovery falls into the wrong hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo uncover the truth, Morris must enter a shadowy, nightmare world of ghosts and golems where nothing -and no one-is what they seem, memory itself is suspect, and the line between life and death may no longer exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Brin's \u003ci\u003eKiln People\u003c\/i\u003e is a 2003 Hugo Award Nominee for Best Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“David Brin delivers what science fiction readers want-intelligence, action, and an epic scale” —Asimov's Science Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “David Brin is a skillful storyteller . . . His novels brim with invention, and there is more than enough action to keep the story exciting.” —The Cleveland Plain Dealer \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Intricate plotting, unflagging inventiveness, and a judicious sprinkling of puns and in-jokes: Brin keeps the pages feverishly turning.” —Kirkus Reviews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Brin presents a rich, kaleidoscopic story that challenges the concepts of identity and individuality.” —Library Journal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Brin deftly explores the issues of identity, privacy and work . . . the book features the author's usual style, with a lighter touch and punish humor abounding amid the hard SF speculation.” —Publisher's Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “More than any writer I know, David Brin can take scary, important problems and turn them sideways, revealing wonderful opportunities. This talent shows strongly in Kiln People, a novel which is deep and insightful and often hilarious, all at the same time.” —Vernor Vinge\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNominated Hugo Award - Nominee (2003), Runner-up John W. Campbell Memorial Award - Second Place (2003)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780765342614\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Tor Science Fiction","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40660298268878,"sku":"9780765342614","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_68710511-ffdd-480c-9029-a9d01d43db5d.jpg?v=1639537037","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780765342614","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}