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Review ''A sublime comedy-an epic, an extended narrative in the heroic tradition with grandeur and sweep. It's a Homeric space voyage, a Joycean interstellar trip, a Huck Finn saga of humanity's next adventure. It's a literary masterpiece.''-Timothy Leary ''An outstanding book on every level.''-Michael Moorcock Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. 1 I was born on Glade, a planet, like most of the far-flung worlds of men, of no particular fame in starfaring lore, and no economic significance in the transstellar scheme of things. Like most of the worlds of men, Glade is an almost entirely self-contained economic unit, which is to say that its plains, rivers and seas provide sufficient nutriment to support a healthy human population of about 300 million without the need to import significant amounts of trace elements from other stellar systems, and its mineral wealth, supplemented by the occasional asteroid, provides a sufficient raw materials base for its industrial economy. Verdad, through hindsight's eye I can thus dryly state that I was born and grew up on a world ordinaire, not unlike hundreds of such worlds warmed by G-type suns. But my girlhood perception

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Author

Norman, Spinrad

Publisher

Orb Books

Published

1985

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Science Fiction

Rating

4.05 / 5 (235 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13