Land's End
by Frederik Pohl, Jack Williamson
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When Comet Sicara brushed near enough to strip the ozone layer form the Earth's atmosphere, civilization effectively ended--in fact, life on Earth was nearly extinguished. But the underwater cities survived, and some heavily protected land enclaves as well. When the "ozone summer" years were ending, submarine captain Ron Tregarth rediscovered his lost love, Graciela Navarro. but their triumph against all odds was only the beginning, for the alien known as the Eternal stood between them and show more threatened to destroy all they held dearest. The Eternal's goal was to absorb the minds of every living thing, to create a death-in-life to enslave the planet. show lessTags
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Dos maestros del relato han colaborado en una historia épica del desastre y del pueblo heroico que triunfó sobre él. Pohl y Williamson, en esta interesante aventura acaecida en un futuro muy posible, han realizado lo que muy pocos son capaces: tejer un tapiz de acontecimientos y personajes, vivo en los detalles y memorable por el heroísmo y el sacrificio de quienes sobrevivieron a un cataclismo y a la pesadilla de sus consecuencias.
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Frederik Pohl was born in New York City on November 26, 1919. More interested in writing than in school, he dropped out of high school in his senior year and took a job with a publishing company. After serving as a public relations officer in the United States Army from 1943 to 1945, he returned to publishing as copywriter for Popular Science, a show more literary agent for several sci-fi writers, and the editor for the magazines Galaxy and If from 1959 until 1969, with If winning three successive Hugo awards. His first published work, a poem entitled Elegy to a Dead Satellite: Luna, was printed in Amazing Stories magazine in 1937 under the pen name Elton Andrews. His first science fiction novels were published in the mid 1960's, some written in collaboration with other writers, others created alone. During his lifetime, he won over 16 major awards for his writing (much of which was published pseudonymously) including six Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. His works include Gateway, which won the Campbell Memorial, Hugo, Locus SF, and Nebula Awards, Beyond the Blue Event Horizon, and Jem, which won the National Book Award in 1979. He also embraced blogging in his later years, using his online journal as an ongoing sequel to his autobiography, The Way the Future Was. He died on September 2, 2013 at the age 93. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Author Jack Williamson was born in Bisbee, Arizona on April 29, 1908. In the 1950's, he received both his BA and MA degress in English from Eastern New Mexico University. After receiving his PhD from the University of Colorado, he taught linguistics, the modern novel and literary criticism at Eastern New Mexico University until he retired in 1977. show more At the age of 20, he published his first story, The Metal Man, in a December 1928 issue of Amazing Stories. Since then he has written more than 50 novels and at least 15 short story collections. Some of his best known works are The Humanoids, The Legion of Time, Manseed, and Lifeburst. He also published numerous collaborations with fellow science fiction author Frederik Pohl. He received numerous awards including the Pilgrim Award from the Science Fiction Research Association, the Hugo Award, and the Nebula Award. He was an inaugural inductee in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame and was named a Grand Master of Science Fiction by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1976. He died at his home in Portales, New Mexico on November 10, 2006. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Land's End
- Original title
- Land's End
- Original publication date
- 1988-08
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- In the mind of the Eternal, all things live eternally.
In the mind of the Eternal live molluscs and men, a sea captain
and a child. Many live in the mind of the Eternal, with all their
joys and terrors and love... (show all)s, forever.
In the mind of the Eternal live the memories of the collision of
worlds and the terrible death of stars.Planets grow cold. Races
perish. The great bubble of the universe swells endlessly out-
ward. Tiny flakes of being dance around each other, are born,
die — all in the trillionth of a second — but live on, in the mind of
the Eternal.
In the mind of the Eternal is a place for everything that ever
was . . . for the thrusting of raw mountain ranges and the slow
wearing away of their roots . . . for seas to spread and close.
In the mind of the Eternal there is even room for love, for a
love that invites all things to enter and live eternally . . . in the
mind of the Eternal. - Dedication
- This book is dedicated to the memory of
Judy-Lynn del Rey.
She lived from 1942 to 1986.
It was not nearly long enough. - First words
- When her giant squid tried to eat the Ambassador from PanMack, Graciela Navarro had never heard of the Eternal.
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