- American Science fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Hugo Award Winner, Human-alien encounters
Après une explosion atomique, la plupart des terriens survivants sont partis s'installer sur les planètes de la Confédération de Véga. L'espérance de vie de certains hommes a augmenté. Ainsi, personne ne connaît l'âge de Conrad Nomikos, le conservateur de la Terre, qui vit sur une île grecque miraculeusement préservée. Il a pour mission de guider Cort Myshtigo, un végan venu explorer la planète.
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Grave, classical in form, cool and intimate.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Roger Zelazny
- First published
- 1967
- Pages
- 187
- Publisher
- iBooks, Penguin Putnam~mass, Audible
- Editions
- 31
- Language
- German, French, Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9788476342336
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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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