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"When a powerful teleportation device falls into enemy hands, Secret Agent Fogg must embark on a daring global dash to save his once-immortal race from certain annihilation. Fogg encounters new dangers at every turn, before confronting his deadly rival: the infamous Captain Nemo, also known as James Moriarty."--P. [4] of cover.
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- intimateepic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- First published
- February 1988
- Pages
- 194
- Publisher
- DAW Books, Pinnacle Books, Inc, DAW SF Books
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9780600367475
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“Phileas Fogg was said by Verne to be a bearded Byron, one who was so tranquil that he might live a thousand years without getting old.”
**Philip José Farmer** was an American author, principally known for his award-winning science fiction and fantasy novels and short stories. Farmer is best known for his sequences of novel — especially the World of Tiers (1965–93) and Riverworld (1971–83) series. He is noted for the pioneering use of sexual and religious themes in his work, his fascination for — and reworking of — the lore of celebrated pulp heroes, and occasional tongue-in-cheek pseudonymous works written as if by fictional characters. Philip José Farmer is also well known for remixing classic fictional characters, worlds, and both real and fake authors. This is epitomized with his Wold Newton family group of books that tie
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