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  • GENESIS. by Anderson, Poul .
    Anderson, Poul .
    GENESIS.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2000) dj. Hardcover first edition - A novel by this Hugo and Nebula winning author which spans a billion years in time, as it follows two humans who had their consciousness uploaded into computers, thus becoming immortal hybrids. 253 pp. ISBN: 0-312867077.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (appears unread.)

    Book ID: 84669
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  • SLANT. by Bear, Greg.
    Bear, Greg.
    SLANT.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (1987) dj. SIGNED hardcover - Novel set in the mid-21st century, in a world transformed by nanotechnology and artificial intelligence, and where Green Idaho has become a separatist state. housing a state of the art cyronics center. SIGNED on the title page. 395 pp. ISBN: 0-312855176.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64489
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  • SHADOWS OF ETERNITY. by Benford, Gregory.
    Benford, Gregory.
    SHADOWS OF ETERNITY.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Saga Press / Simon & Schuster, (2021) dj. Hardcover first edition - Two centuries from now, a library has been set up on the moon to decipher the messages originating from alien societies. Author's afterword. 490 pp. ISBN: 978-1534443624.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 87098
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  • THE CAMBRIDGE QUINTET: A Work of Scientific Speculation by Casti, John.
    Casti, John.
    THE CAMBRIDGE QUINTET: A Work of Scientific Speculation

    Edition: First printing.

    Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which creates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquiry. It is 1949 C.P. Snow (author, civil servant, and physicist) is hosting a dinner party in his rooms at Cambridge University to discuss the possibility that a machine could be made to think. The guests include philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, mathematician and computer codebreaker Alan Turing, physicist Erwin Schrdinger, and geneticist J.B.S. Haldane. While it does not come to any conclusions, this does provide a comprehensible and entertaining introduction to an important question, as well as to the ideas and personalities of some of the 20th century's most influential thinkers. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the noted collector, Larry…

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    Reading, Massachusetts: Addison-Wesley, (1998) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A book which creates an imaginary evening of intellectual inquiry. It is 1949 C.P. Snow (author, civil servant, and physicist) is hosting a dinner party in his rooms at Cambridge University to discuss the possibility that a machine could be made to think. The guests include philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, mathematician and computer codebreaker Alan Turing, physicist Erwin Schrdinger, and geneticist J.B.S. Haldane. While it does not come to any conclusions, this does provide a comprehensible and entertaining introduction to an important question, as well as to the ideas and personalities of some of the 20th century's most influential thinkers. INSCRIBED on the front endpaper to the noted collector, Larry Owens, and dated in the year of publication. Author's note, introduction to the guests with small photos of each one. xxiii, 181 pp. ISBN: 0-201328283.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 84693
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  • Harrison, Harry and Marvin Minsky.
    THE TURING OPTION.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: The Viking Press, (1992.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collarboration between an expert on artificial intelligence and a science fiction writer - medical thriller set in the near future - in California in 2023. 422 pp. ISBN: 0-776-515655.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 40326
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  • SOCIETY OF THE MIND: A Cyberthriller. by Harry, Eric L.
    Harry, Eric L.
    SOCIETY OF THE MIND: A Cyberthriller.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    New York: Harper Collins, (1996). First edition - A technothriller involving artificial intelligence, virtual reality and robotics. 625 pp.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (a bit of soiling to edges of textblock, but appears unread, no creases).

    Book ID: 69810
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  • A WORKING THEORY OF LOVE. by Hutchins, Scott.
    Hutchins, Scott.
    A WORKING THEORY OF LOVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Penguin, 2012. dj. Hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set in San Francisco and the high tech world of Silicon Valley, where an attempt is being made to create a computer not just with artificial intelligence, but actually sentient. 325 pp. ISBN: 978-1594205057.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 67187
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  • A WORKING THEORY OF LOVE. by Hutchins, Scott.
    Hutchins, Scott.
    A WORKING THEORY OF LOVE.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Penguin, 2012. dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's very highly praised first novel, set in San Francisco and the high tech world of Silicon Valley, where an attempt is being made to create a computer not just with artificial intelligence, but actually sentient., INSCRIBED on the title page. 325 pp. ISBN: 978-1594205057.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 62816
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  • SPIN STATE. by Moriarty, Chris .
    Moriarty, Chris .
    SPIN STATE.

    Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original, not issued in hardcover.

    New York: Bantam, (2003.). First edition - Author's first book - a hard science fiction novel set in a "post-human universe of emergent AIs, genetic constructs, and illegal wetware." Includes 7 pp of further reading. 483 pp. ISBN: 0-553-382136.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 43241
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  • AUTONOMOUS: A Novel by Newitz, Annalee
    Newitz, Annalee
    AUTONOMOUS: A Novel

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set on earth in 2144, which has been praised by an impressive group of writers - William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Robin Sloan and more. Neal Stephenson stated "Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet." and Charles Yu called this book "a cyborg. Partly, it's a novel of ideas, about property, the very concept of it, and how our laws and systems about property shape class structure and society, as well as notions of identity, the self, bodies, autonomy at the most fundamental levels, all woven seamlessly into a dense mesh of impressive complexity. Don't let that…

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    New York: TOR / Tom Doherty Associates, (2017) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, set on earth in 2144, which has been praised by an impressive group of writers - William Gibson, Cory Doctorow, Robin Sloan and more. Neal Stephenson stated "Autonomous is to biotech and AI what Neuromancer was to the Internet." and Charles Yu called this book "a cyborg. Partly, it's a novel of ideas, about property, the very concept of it, and how our laws and systems about property shape class structure and society, as well as notions of identity, the self, bodies, autonomy at the most fundamental levels, all woven seamlessly into a dense mesh of impressive complexity. Don't let that fool you though. Because wrapped around that is the most badass exoskeleton--a thrilling and sexy story about pirates and their adventures." INSCRIBED on the title page "For --- Robots' rights now!" 301 pp. ISBN: 978-0765392077.

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    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

    Book ID: 71529
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  • CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON ON PERVERSION, 163 YEARS AFTER HIS LORDSHIP'S DEATH. by Prantera, Amanda.
    Prantera, Amanda.
    CONVERSATIONS WITH LORD BYRON ON PERVERSION, 163 YEARS AFTER HIS LORDSHIP'S DEATH.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Atheneum, 1987. dj. Hardcover first edition - A witty and elegant novel, this is an account of a perhaps surprisingly sucessful experiment with Artificial Intelligence, in which everything known about the romantic poet was fed into a computer in an attempt to uncover the real truth about his life. 174 pp. ISBN: 0-689-118821.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 46148
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  • I AM AWAKE. by Samuels, Fisher.
    Samuels, Fisher.
    I AM AWAKE.

    Edition: Trade paperback original.

    Largemouth Software, LLC, (2017). The first book in a planned trilogy of computer science fiction novels. "John Watson, PhD student, husband and father-to-be, struggles to keep his research and career goals on track as he discovers strange anomalies in his artificial intelligence system. As his fledgling expert system grows capable of autonomously navigating, understanding and interacting with the Internet, his dreams begin to unravel when the system becomes targeted by malicious hackers, greedy corporations and someone inside the university." 372 pp. ISBN: 978-0989885355.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 74398
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  • WWW: WATCH. by Sawyer, Robert J.
    Sawyer, Robert J.
    WWW: WATCH.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The second novel in the Webmind trilogy. SIGNED on the title page. 352 pp. ISBN: 978-0441019762.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket (a few small spots on edge of textblock)

    Book ID: 64426
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  • WWW: WONDER. by Sawyer, Robert J.
    Sawyer, Robert J.
    WWW: WONDER.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The third and final novel in the Webmind trilogy. SIGNED on the title page. 336 pp. ISBN: 978-0441019762.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 64402
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  • WWW: WONDER. by Sawyer, Robert J.
    Sawyer, Robert J.
    WWW: WONDER.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. Hardcover first edition - The third and final novel in the Webmind trilogy. 336 pp. ISBN: 978-0441019762.

    Condition: Near fine in a fine dust jacket (toning to the pages).

    Book ID: 64565
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  • WWW: WONDER. by Sawyer, Robert J.
    Sawyer, Robert J.
    WWW: WONDER.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. Hardcover - The third and final novel in the Webmind trilogy. 336 pp. ISBN: 978-0441019762.

    Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.

    Book ID: 73538
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  • WWW: WAKE. by Sawyer, Robert J.
    Sawyer, Robert J.
    WWW: WAKE.

    Edition: Book club edition.

    New York: Ace Books, (2011) dj. Hardcover - The first novel in the Webmind trilogy. 356 pp. ISBN: 978-0441016792.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket.

    Book ID: 75466
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  • Smith, Howard S.
    I, ROBOT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Toronto, Canada: Robot Binaries & Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Fast paced techno-thriller, the first novel by an MIT-trained engineer who works in artificial intelligence (the supermarket self-checkout machines are based on his work) SIGNED by the author on a blank prelim with the words "Enjoy the book!" Includes a publicity sheet at the front, and at the end of the book a glossary of foreign and technical terms, reader's guide, bibliography, and more. Cover and illustratrations by Kathy Harestad.408 pp plus an author's note, interview with the author.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 46337
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  • I, ROBOT. by Smith, Howard S.
    Smith, Howard S.
    I, ROBOT.

    Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )

    Toronto, Canada: Robot Binaries & Press, (2008.). SIGNED first edition - Fast paced techno-thriller, the first novel by an MIT-trained engineer who works in artificial intelligence (the supermarket self-checkout machines are based on his work) IINSCRIBED by the author on a blank prelim "To.... Enjoy the book!" Includes a publicity sheet at the front, and at the end of the book a glossary of foreign and technical terms, reader's guide, bibliography, and more. Cover and illustratrations by Kathy Harestad.408 pp plus an author's note, interview with the author.

    Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 42510
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  • THE ARTIFICIAL KID. by Sterling, Bruce; foreword by William Gibson.
    Sterling, Bruce; foreword by William Gibson.
    THE ARTIFICIAL KID.

    Edition: First thus- a small trade paperback.

    San Francisco: Hardwired, (1997). An early cyberpunk novel, originally published in 1980 and reissued here with a new introduction by William Gibson. Set in a decadent future where satellite dwellers tune into AI combat on television. A title in the "Science Fiction That Changed the World" series. 309 pp. ISBN: 1-88886916X.

    Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers..

    Book ID: 82229
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