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Time Storm (sphere Science Fiction) by Dickson, Gordon R. (Gordon Rupert), 1923- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Time Storm (sphere Science Fiction) about?
A time storm has devastated the Earth, and only a small fraction of humankind remains. From the rubble, three survivors form an unlikely alliance: a young man, a young woman, and a leopard. "A masterful science fiction story told by a masterful science fiction writer". -- Milwaukee Journal. A time storm strikes the Earth. The Earth remains, but different parts of the Earth are in different eras. Travel between the different zones is thought to be impossible. The main character, Marc Despard, resolves to fight the time storm. After some struggles, he assembles a small band of people, including one alien, to help him try to understand what has happened and to stop the time storm. He has 2 extraordinary relationships with a older teenaged girl who is speechless for the first part of the book (she was "struck dumb" by the time storm) and with, believe it or not, a leopard. Dickson's writing makes the extraordinary seem quite normal. Ultimately, after being harried by a Mad Max-like group of survivors, he uses a machine found in a different era of time to bring his small band of followers into the future so that he can find those who are trying to fight the time storm. He convinces thos
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- Author
- Dickson, Gordon R. (Gordon Rupert), 1923-
- Publisher
- London: Sphere
- Published
- 1978
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780722129500
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.77 / 5 (17 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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