Screen LibraryThe body scout : a novel /
"Kobo has some problems. His cybernetics are a decade out of date, he's got a pair of twin sister loan sharks knocking on his door, and his work scouting for a baseball league run by pharmaceutical companies is about to go belly-up. Things couldn't get much worse. Then his childhood b...
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Orbit, Hachette Book Group,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2022. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First paperback edition. |
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| Summary: |
"Kobo has some problems. His cybernetics are a decade out of date, he's got a pair of twin sister loan sharks knocking on his door, and his work scouting for a baseball league run by pharmaceutical companies is about to go belly-up. Things couldn't get much worse. Then his childhood best friend--Monsanto Mets slugger J.J. Zunz--is murdered at home plate. Determined to find the killer, Kobo plunges into the dark corners and glittering cloud condos of a world ravaged by climate change and repeat pandemics, and where genetic editing and advanced drugs mean you can have any body you want--as long as you can afford it. But even among the philosophical Neanderthals, zootech weapons, and genetically modified CEOs, there's a curveball he never could have called"-- |
| Item Description: | Includes Extras (pages 359-383): Meet the author; An interview with Lincoln Michel by Gavin Pate; Excerpts from Far from the light of Heaven by Tade Thompson and Ymir by Rich Larson. |
| Carrier Form: | 383 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: |
9780316628709 0316628700 |
| CLC: | I712.45 |
| Call Number: | I712.45/M623-13 |