The Centauri device
Harrison, M. John (Michael John), 1945-2000
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To outward appearances, John Truck was just a lowlife spaceship captain, but he was also the last of the Centaurans, meaning he was the only one who could operate the Centauri Device, a bomb which might hold the key to settling a vicious space war. John Truck was to outward appearances just another lowlife spaceship captain. But he was also the last of the Centaurans - or at least, half of him was - which meant that he was the only person who could operate the Centauri Device, a sentient bomb which might hold the key to settling a vicious space war.M. John Harrison's classic novel turns the conventions of space opera on their head, and is written with the precision and brilliance for which is famed.
Main title:
The Centauri device / M. John Harrison.
Imprint:
London : Millennium, 2000.
Collation:
205p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
SF masterworks ; 31
Notes:
Originally published: St Albans: Panther, 1975.
ISBN:
9781857989977 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.914
LC class:
PR6058.A6942
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3378727
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