Time theories set the story of Technician Harlan's journeys upwhen
and down-when until he meets Noys Lambent who cracks his observer's
objectivity. She causes him to plot a crime against Eternity to
keep her with him which brings him up against the secret of his
training and his part in the time pattern. It is she who goes with
him to Primitive times - and persuades him against neurotic world
governance for the future of Earth. Combinations and permutations
by the dozen.?? (Kirkus Reviews)
One of Isaac Asimov's SF masterpieces, this stand-alone novel is a
monument of the flowering of SF in the 20th century. It is widely
regarded as Asimov's single best SF novel and one every SF fan
should read.
Andrew Harlan is an Eternal, a member of the elite of the future.
One of the few who live in Eternity, a location outside of place
and time, Harlan's job is to create carefully controlled and
enacted Reality Changes. These Changes are small, exactingly
calculated shifts in the course of history made for the benefit of
humankind. Though each Change has been made for the greater good,
there are always costs.
During one of his assignments, Harlan meets and falls in love with
No˙s Lambent, a woman who lives in real time and space. Then Harlan
learns that No˙s will cease to exist after the next change, and
risks everything to sneak her into Eternity.
Unfortunately, they are caught. Harlan's punishment? His next
assignment: kill the woman he loves before the paradox they have
created results in the destruction of Eternity.
General
Imprint: |
Voyager
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2000 |
First published: |
August 1971 |
Authors: |
Isaac Asimov
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Dimensions: |
197 x 130 x 12mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
188 |
Edition: |
Reissue |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-586-02440-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
Promotions
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LSN: |
0-586-02440-9 |
Barcode: |
9780586024409 |
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