The Long Twilight
by Keith Laumer
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THE COMBATANTSTwo godlike blood enemies engaged in a war older than history.THE BATTLEGROUNDAn out-of-control nuclear plant whose cataclysmic destruction will spell the end of the Earth.REFUGENone - on a planet swept up in the awesome terror of the last panic.Tags
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Another favorite of mine. Two good guys who are trying to kill each other & I want to root for both of them. Great read, quick & fun.
Nothing special but not bad. It moved right along.
Not a first-rate book, but readable and undemanding.
Dec 17, 2024 (Edited)English (UK)
Gelezen als 15-jarige. Vond het erg slecht.
Jan 19, 2014Dutch
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Keith Laumer was born John Keith Laumer in Syracuse, New York on June 9, 1925. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and a U.S. diplomat. He is best known for the Bolo stories and Retief series. His other works include The Other Side of Time, A Trace of Memory, Dinosaur Beach, and A Plague of Demons. He show more suffered a stroke in 1971, which negatively affected the quality of his work and his career declined. He was also a model airplane enthusiast, and published two dozen designs between 1956 and 1962 in the magazines Air Trails, Model Airplane News, Flying Models, and Aero Modeler. In 1960, he published How to Design and Build Flying Models. He died on January 23, 1993 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Long Twilight
- Original publication date
- 1969
- Disambiguation notice
- This is the stand alone novel, not the collection. Do not combine with The Long Twilight and other stories, Baen Books 2007, edited by Eric Flint and cover art by David Mattingly.
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