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Across a United States all but destroyed by war and characterized by violent storms and giant bats and snakes, men embark on a seemingly doomed mission to deliver an antiserum to plague-ridden Boston.
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Classical in form, grave, plot-driven and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Roger Zelazny
- First published
- 1969
- Pages
- 157
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group, Berkley, Putnam
- Editions
- 25
- Language
- French, English, Polish, heb
- ISBN
- 9780571096336
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“The gull swooped by, seemed to hover a moment on unmoving wings.”
Roger Joseph Zelazny (May 13, 1937 – June 14, 1995) was an American fantasy and science fiction writer known for his short stories and novels, best known for The Chronicles of Amber series. He won the Nebula Award three times (out of 14 nominations) and the Hugo Award six times (also out of 14 nominations), including two Hugos for novels: the serialized novel ...And Call Me Conrad (1965), subsequently published under the title This Immortal (1966), and the novel Lord of Light (1967).
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