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Land of the headless : a simple story
- Title
- Land of the headless : a simple story / Adam Roberts.
- Author
- Roberts, Adam (Adam Charles)
- Publication
- London : Gollancz, 2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PR6118.O23 L36 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 275 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "On a planet, where society is shaped by a strict adherence to the word of God as laid out in the Old Testament, and Bibliqu'ran, a poet is accused of adultery. Found guilty, he must face the punishment laid down in the Good Book: beheading." "Beheaded, he is fitted with a neck-valve, ordinator and basic sensory equipment and sent out into the world. But because he bears a terrible and very visible stigma, the only way he can make a living is to join the army and serve in the war against the neighbouring planet. And plan his revenge against the man he believes is really guilty." "Can he survive the savage realities of a high-tech war and make it back home to see justice done? But what really happened with the woman? Can we believe his story? Can he?"--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Science fiction.
- Fiction.
- ISBN
- 9780575075887
- 0575075880
- 9780575077997
- 0575077999
- OCLC
- ocm80331963
- 80331963
- SCSB-13989861
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library