- Fiction in English, Science fiction, American Science fiction, Life on other planets
Ethan Fortune was simple salesman -- knowledgeable and civilized . . . a sophisticated traveler between many worlds. But he had certainly never thought of himself as a hero. Skua September, on the other hand, never thought of himself as anything else. A matched pair, if ever there was one! When the two of them were suddenly stranded on a deadly frozen world, Ethan Fortune incredibly found himself cast in the role of Leader. And he didn't find that at all amusing . . .
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Classical in form, unpretentious, intimate and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
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- Author
- Alan Dean Foster
- First published
- 1974
- Pages
- 313
- Publisher
- Ballantine Books, Del Rey, Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780345294548
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Alan Dean Foster is an American author of fantasy and science fiction. He currently resides in Prescott, Arizona, with his wife, and is also known for his novelizations of film scripts. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science and a MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dean_Foster
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