All the Lives He Led - Hardcover

Pohl, Frederik

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765321769 ISBN 13: 9780765321763

Publisher: Tor Books, 2011

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A near-future tale by the Hugo Award and Nebula Award-winning author of Beyond the Blue Event Horizon finds a popular theme park opened on the site of ancient Pompeii on the eve of the infamous eruption's 2,000th anniversary and threatened by a possible repeat eruption and terrorist attack. 25,000 first printing.

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Review:

"""Pohl is still a master of everything that goes into a cracking good novel, and for this one has clearly boned up on vulcanology to boot. A masterful work from a grand master."
--"Booklist"

"Pohl, named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, spins an entertaining futuristic thriller with several thought-provoking threads ranging from the ethics of biotechnology to the fragility of the global economy." --"Library Journal"

"""This seminihilistic novel, reminiscent of "Mining the Oort" and "The Cool War", is not among Pohl's best only because the Grand Master's previous novels have set such a high standard, and it stands as a demonstration of his continuing strengths in the eighth decade of his career." --"Publishers Weekly"

"Always a pleasure to welcome a new Pohl, even when, as here, he's transmitting a decidedly ambiguous message." --"Kirkus Reviews"

"The book is narrated...with charming innocence and seeming honesty about his failings. "All the Lives He Led" is a worthy addition to a long and distinguished career." --"The""Denver Post"""

"""Pohl proves once again that he deserves every one of his multiple awards in the field. At his game, no other writer in the field can match him." --Frank M. Robinson, editor of" Science Fiction of the 20th Century"

"SFWA Grand Master Pohl's latest is a pure delight, miraculously combining wry adventure and compassionate satire.... His tempered, hard-won faith in humanity makes this book especially satisfying." "--Publishers Weekly "on "The Boy Who Would Live Forever ""
""Very few books have ever held my attention in such an iron grip right up until the last paragraph, built so irresistibly to such a satisfying series of blockbuster punch lines, left me so breathless with admiration, achieved such truly cosmic scope." "--Analog "on "Beyond the Blue Event Horizon"

SFWA Grand Master Pohl's latest is a pure delight, miraculously combining wry adventure and compassionate satire . His tempered, hard-won faith in humanity makes this book especially satisfying. "Publishers Weekly on The Boy Who Would Live Forever"

Very few books have ever held my attention in such an iron grip right up until the last paragraph, built so irresistibly to such a satisfying series of blockbuster punch lines, left me so breathless with admiration, achieved such truly cosmic scope. "Analog on Beyond the Blue Event Horizon""

"SFWA Grand Master Pohl's latest is a pure delight, miraculously combining wry adventure and compassionate satire.... His tempered, hard-won faith in humanity makes this book especially satisfying." --Publishers Weekly on The Boy Who Would Live Forever

"Very few books have ever held my attention in such an iron grip right up until the last paragraph, built so irresistibly to such a satisfying series of blockbuster punch lines, left me so breathless with admiration, achieved such truly cosmic scope." --Analog on Beyond the Blue Event Horizon

About the Author:

Multiple Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Campbell Award-winning author FREDERIK POHL has been named a Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America, and won Hugos as the editor ofWorlds of If magazine. He and his wife, Elizabeth Anne Hull, a former president of the Science Fiction Research Association, live near Chicago, Illinois.

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