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From the Hugo Award–winning author of Riverworld: The conclusion of the trilogy set on a future Earth where freedom is threatened by an insidious lie.Before the dawn of the New Era, the world was divided into nations with separate governments that engaged in wars, and populations ravaged by poverty, starvation, and disease. After a final bloody conflict, a single government emerged and took drastic measures to control the dangerous overpopulation in the Organic Commonwealth of Earth: show more Each citizen is "stoned" in suspended animation for six days each week and closely monitored at all times. Thus, resources are plentiful, and there's peace and prosperity—or is there?
It seems the World Council has been lying. Now, rebel daybreaker Jeff Caird and Panthea Snick, formerly of the organic police force, must risk their lives to expose the truth about the corrupt government and rally the citizens of Earth to rise up against the powers that are robbing them of their freedom—and their lives. But what will become of Jeff and his multiple identities as the struggle draws to a close?
The breathtaking finale in the Dayworld Trilogy reveals the truth about the perverse government of Earth in the New Era, and the ramifications of its fall, along with a deeper understanding of the man who dares to challenge it.
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William Duncan, also known as Jeff Caird, attempts to dismantle a dystopian, overpopulated society. He and his partner, Panthea Snick, expose that overpopulation is a lie meant to maintain elite power, aiming to trigger a global revolution and break the dayworld system of mandatory, staggered, one-day-a-week living.
It took me 21 years to find the last book in this trilogy and I'm not sure it was worth it. The first half of the book was very dull whilst the second half was much more interesting. In fact the series should have just been two books with a great deal of the second and third discarded. I would probably focus the blame on the publishers who like trilogys for their own economic reasons.
The conclusion of the Daybreaker trilogy features a lot of action and thrills. A rollercoaster finale and a nice ending.
This is the concluding volume of the Dayworld trilogy. See the entry for Dayworld for the idea of this series.
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Philip José Farmer was born in North Terre Haute, Indiana on January 26, 1918. He worked in a steel mill while attending Bradley University at night and writing in his spare time. In 1952, his story The Lovers, in which a human has sex with an alien, was published in a pulp magazine called Startling Stories and won him the Hugo Award in 1953 for show more most promising new author. He quit his job to become a full-time writer, but a string of misfortunes eventually forced him to take jobs as a manual laborer. He worked as a technical writer from 1956 to 1970, but continued writing science fiction. He finally found success in the 1960's with the Riverworld series. He wrote more than 75 books throughout his lifetime including the Dayworld series and the World of Tiers series. He also wrote short stories. He won the Hugo award for best novella in 1968 for Riders of the Purple Wage and for best novel in 1972 for To Your Scattered Bodies Go. In 1988, he was the recipient of the Writers of the Past Award and the Nova for best book for Riverworld. In 2001 he was awarded the Grand Master Award and the World Fantasy Life Achievement Award. He died on February 25, 2009 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- 1990
- Dedication
- To my great-grandchild, Zachary Joel Gittrick,
born September 6, 1988 - First words
- A Foreword Which Is also an Afterword
by Ariel Cairdsdaughter
My father used to introduce me as my daughter, the historian. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"I wasn't quite sure, either. But, yes, I've come to stay."
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