The Boat of A Million Years
Registered by sunsign6 on 6/30/2004
2 journalers for this copy...
Release planned for Wednesday, July 07, 2004 at N/A in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.
Mailing tomorrow as a trade with vavoice.
Mailing tomorrow as a trade with vavoice.
Found this one in my mail box yesterday afternoon. Poul Anderson is a classic SciFi writer, and one of my favorites. Thanx SunSign6 :o)
From Publishers Weekly:
Less a novel than a series of short stories and novelettes tied together by their subjects, this volume tells of 11 "immortals": individuals who will not die of old age but who can, however, be killed. Anderson ( The Avatar ) brings proven storytelling abilities and research skills to chronicles that range from 310 B.C. to a centuries-distant future. Many of the stories describe an immortal's first awareness of his or her difference, and flight from accusations of witchcraft; other tales relate chance encounters between immortals; a few simply tell a good yarn. The penultimate chapter tells of the eight survivors coming together in present times; the last portrays a future where science has extended everyone's life, creating a world vastly different from what the immortals had expected.
Less a novel than a series of short stories and novelettes tied together by their subjects, this volume tells of 11 "immortals": individuals who will not die of old age but who can, however, be killed. Anderson ( The Avatar ) brings proven storytelling abilities and research skills to chronicles that range from 310 B.C. to a centuries-distant future. Many of the stories describe an immortal's first awareness of his or her difference, and flight from accusations of witchcraft; other tales relate chance encounters between immortals; a few simply tell a good yarn. The penultimate chapter tells of the eight survivors coming together in present times; the last portrays a future where science has extended everyone's life, creating a world vastly different from what the immortals had expected.
Just a note to let you know this book has not disappeared into the void. I started it today. Since I am a slow reader, I may finish it by the first of the year, unless it is exciting. Then, I might finish it by the week before the first of the year *WINK*. I apologize for holding onto it for so long.
This is definitely an "EPIC" novel, if "EPIC", in this case refers to the novel being reeeaaaallllyyy long. It is a good story, and a great history lesson, but it seemed to go on , and on. I have to admit, though, I now look differently at my neighbors to make sure they are aging with me. Of course, that's a little difficult with some of the women ;o)
This book is on its way to some of our guys and gals overseas. Thank you for the sacrifices you are making to preserve the ideals upon wich our great country was founded!
