- language, sex, transcendence, science fiction
A love story of sorts set in a distant future. The narrator of the novel is captain of an interstellar ship ferrying passengers from a complex sybaritic culture. He writes in an elegant farrago of various European languages, though Spinrad makes sure an English monoglot will have no trouble.
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About the book
- Author
- Norman Spinrad
- First published
- 1983
- Pages
- 250
- Publisher
- Pocket, Timescape Books, Distributed by Simon and Schuster
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781490447940
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Norman Spinrad is a science fiction icon and the author of more than twenty novels which have been translated into over a dozen languages. His 1969 novel, Bug Jack Barron, was nominated for the Hugo and Nebula Awards and his short fiction collection, The Star-Spangled Future, was a National Book Award finalist. He has also written screenplays for American television series, including the original Star Trek. He lives in New York.
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