The Night of Kadar
by Garry Kilworth
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This was recommended by Vintage SF's Richard Rempel, and it was really good. A very original take on the 'colonize the planet' story, featuring people of Arab descendance. Good story, great reveal.
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Knaur Science Fiction (5738)
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- Canonical title*
- Die Nacht von Kadar
- Original title
- The Night Of Kadar
- Original publication date
- 1978
- Epigraph
- Nothing but respect is intended in this novel towards the religion of Islam.
Better is the Night of Kadar (Glory) than a thousand months . . .
THE KORAN - Dedication
- To my mother and father (and to Rosemary Burns and Graham Maxwell)
- First words
- There is a click. A thousand years have passed since such a sound echoed through the starship.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Then he bent over the body of Fdar and whispered a prayer into the dead man's ear.
"Tell her I'm coming soon," he said.
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