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Condition: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. Cover art: Blurb: “"TRUE SCIENCE FICTION AND A DELIGHT" -Publishers Weekly The names they use are made-up: Mr. Slippe
ry, The Mailman, DON.MAC, Erythrina the Red Witch, The Slimey Limey. And they'd sooner give up everything else before they tell you their True Names. In the second age of magic, these witches and warlocks use scalp-connects and customized software instead of spells to work their magic. Most of their electronic sorcery is petty, but the stakes are about to go sky high. Someone-or something-is threatening to upset the balance of power not only in the coven, but in the electronic underground and the real world itself. Where it all ends is a question only time and superior computing ability can answer. A finalist for both Hugo and Nebula Awards, True Names has been widely acclaimed as one of the most fascinating and compelling SF novels of the decade. Bluejay Illustrated Editions are outstanding novels of the imagination in durable, attractive paperbacks. This volume features twenty new black-and-white illustrations by Bob Walters, and an Afterword by Marvin Minsky of M.I.T. Printed in U.S.A. © 1984 Bluejay Books Inc. BLUEJAY BOOKS INC. James Frenkel, Publisher Distributed by St. Martin's Press ISBN: 0-312-94444-6”
