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Vornan-19 fell from the sky and landed, naked, on the Spanish Steps in Rome on the afternoon of Christmas Day toward the end of the millennium. And that, for Leo Garfield began an extraordinary and eventful year. For Garfield is an acknowledged expert in the time-reversal of sub-atomic particles and Vornan-19 claims to come from far in the future, a claim that has to be investigated. But the world is in a strange, edgy state as it prepares to move into the next millennium and is ready and willing to see the charming and magnetically charismatic Vornan as some kind of messiah. Even Garfield and his fellow scientists come under Vornan's spell. But can he really be from the future? Or is he just a charlatan and a fraud?
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'Deeply detailed, highly educated, beautifully figured' - GALAXY
About the Author
Robert Silverberg (1935 - )
Robert Silverberg has been a professional writer since 1955, widely known for his science fiction and fantasy stories. He is a many-time winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards, was named to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 1999, and in 2004 was designated as a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America. His books and stories have been translated into forty languages. Among his best known titles are Nightwings, Dying Inside, The Book Of Skulls, and the three volumes of the Majipoor Cycle: Lord Valentine's Castle, Majipoor Chronicles and Valentine Pontifex. His collected short stories, covering nearly sixty years of work, are being published in nine volumes by SF Gateway and Subterranean Press. His most recent book is Tales Of Majipoor (2013), a new collection of stories set on the giant world made famous in Lord Valentine's Castle.
He and his wife Karen and an assorted population of cats, live in the San Francisco Bay Area in a sprawling house surrounded by exotic plants.
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Phil Kirkland (illustrator). The year is 1999. The century is about to turn. The civilized world is prosperous but tense with fear about the possibility of a major war. The undeveloped world is beset by an hysterical conviction that the world will come to an end with the arrival of the new century. Into this explosive situation floats a creature calling himself Vornan-19, claiming to be a visitor from 1,000 years in the future. The world is ready for a sign, an omen, but no one realizes exactly what Vornan-19 really is . Nominated for the Nebula Award in 1968. Mass market paperback. This is a used book. Pages are clean and bright with no markings, notes, or highlighting. Covers show shelf wear; rear cover shows minor rubbing . Small tear at base of spine. No owner's marks or bookplates, not ex-library. Price tag on front. Binding is tight and square. Corners not bumped. An excellent reading copy. Seller Inventory # L1404
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