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Tom Scheffler knew that this great-uncle, Montgomery Chapel, had made his fortune by selling ancient Egyptian artifacts that were finer than those in any museum. Scheffler also knew that -- fifty years later -- Chapel was still afraid of some man, some entity, known only as Pilgrim.What Scheffler didn't know -- and would learn the hard way -- was that Pilgrim was coming back, aboard a ship that traveled both space and time, headed for a confrontation in a weirdly changed past where the show more monstrous gods of ancient Egypt lay in wait for grave robbers from out of Time. show lessTags
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This was a very interesting book, another neat SciFi by Saberhagen. This one centered on the Egyptian mythos, and got quite interesting at the end. I am very much looking forward to reading the sequel. Pyramids was a quick read, but like I said, very interesting in its merging of history and science fiction. Certainly a book I would recommend, although it’s not Saberhagen’s best.
What a mess.
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Author Fred Saberhagen was born in Chicago, Illinois on May 18, 1930. Before writing full time, he served in the Air Force, worked as an electronics technician, and wrote and edited for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. His first novel, The Golden People, was published in 1964. He has written science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and historical show more fantasy. The novel Berserker was published in 1967 and became the first book in his popular Berserker series. His company, Berserker Works, Ltd., has produced several computer games based on his characters. He died on June 29, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original publication date
- 1987
- Important places
- Egypt
- First words
- There were too many monsters in the apartment to suit Scheffler.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)In the real universe most of his gold, along with his jewel-bedecked mummy, is somewhere where the clever robbers in this world, or in several worlds, have still been unable after five thousand years to get their hands on it.
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