| Head on: A Novel of the Near Future Contributor(s): Scalzi, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1432853236 ISBN-13: 9781432853235 Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print OUR PRICE: $29.44 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: July 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Thrillers - Crime - Fiction | Science Fiction - Cyberpunk |
| Dewey: 813.6 |
| LCCN: 2018013203 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.8" W x 8.7" (1.20 lbs) 429 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hilketa is a violent pastime where players attack opponents with swords and hammers and score by carrying their heads through goalposts. The players are robot-like "threeps" controlled by people with Haden's Syndrome. No one gets hurt, but the brutality is real and the crowds love it. Until a star athlete drops dead on the field. Accident, or murder? FBI agents and Haden-related crime investigators Chris Shane and Leslie Vann investigate. |
Contributor Bio(s): Scalzi, John: - John Scalzi won the 2006 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel for Redshirts, and his debut novel Old Man's War was a finalist for Hugo Award as well. His other books include The Ghost Brigades, The Android's Dream, The Last Colony and The Human Division. He has won the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award for science-fiction, the Seiun, The Kurd Lasswitz and the Geffen awards. His weblog, The Whatever, is one of the most widely-read web sites in modern SF. Born and raised in California, Scalzi studied at the University of Chicago. He lives in southern Ohio with his wife and daughter. |