THE FORGE OF GOD

by Greg Bear

$45 · Offered by L. W. Currey

First edition

New York : Tor, 1987 . Octavo, boards. First edition. Aliens arrive on Earth under mysterious circumstances: it transpires that the solar system is to be the battleground of self-replicating 'Von Neumann machines,' and that humanity and the Earth itself is very probably doomed. Powerful scenes are interspersed with too much talk. - Pringle, The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction, second edition 1995 , p. 142. Although

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