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The First Heroes: New Tales of the Bronze Age

by Harry Turtledove (Editor), Noreen Doyle (Editor)

Other authors: Karen Jordan Allen (Contributor), Poul Anderson (Contributor), Brenda Clough (Contributor), Debra Doyle (Contributor), Noreen Mary Doyle (Contributor)9 more, Gregory Feeley (Contributor), Laura Frankos (Contributor), Larry Hammer (Contributor), Katharine Kerr (Contributor), Josepha Sherman (Contributor), S. M. Stirling (Contributor), Judith Tarr (Contributor), Lois Tilton (Contributor), Gene Wolfe (Contributor)

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The Bronze Age. The era of Troy, of Gilgamesh, of the dawning of human mastery over the earth. For decades, fantasists have set tales of heroism and adventure in imagined worlds based on the real Bronze Age, from the "Hyborean Age" of the Conan stories to the Third Age of Middle-earth. Now bestselling science fiction and fantasy author Harry Turtledove, a noted expert on the ancient world, teams up with author and Egyptologist Noreen Doyle to present fourteen new tales of the real Bronze Age from some of the best writers in science fiction. InThe First Heroes: here is Gene Wolfe's mock-journal of a man from the future who travels with figures out of history and mythology; Judith Tarr's tale of a town that sends its resident goddess to try to learn the secrets of the morose God of Chariots; Harry Turtledove's story about mythological beings witnessing the devastating effect of the first humans on the Earth's natural order; and a poignant new story from the late Poul Anderson, in which a modern scholar is sent to the late Bronze Age to witness theend of an era, emerging with memories from the past as vibrant and intact as those from his accustomed life.… (more)
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Turtledove, HarryEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, NoreenEditormain authorall editionsconfirmed
Allen, Karen JordanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Anderson, PoulContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Clough, BrendaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, DebraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Doyle, Noreen MaryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Feeley, GregoryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Frankos, LauraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hammer, LarryContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kerr, KatharineContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sherman, JosephaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Stirling, S. M.Contributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tarr, JudithContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Tilton, LoisContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wolfe, GeneContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Fiore, Peter M.Cover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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The Bronze Age. The era of Troy, of Gilgamesh, of the dawning of human mastery over the earth. For decades, fantasists have set tales of heroism and adventure in imagined worlds based on the real Bronze Age, from the "Hyborean Age" of the Conan stories to the Third Age of Middle-earth. Now bestselling science fiction and fantasy author Harry Turtledove, a noted expert on the ancient world, teams up with author and Egyptologist Noreen Doyle to present fourteen new tales of the real Bronze Age from some of the best writers in science fiction. InThe First Heroes: here is Gene Wolfe's mock-journal of a man from the future who travels with figures out of history and mythology; Judith Tarr's tale of a town that sends its resident goddess to try to learn the secrets of the morose God of Chariots; Harry Turtledove's story about mythological beings witnessing the devastating effect of the first humans on the Earth's natural order; and a poignant new story from the late Poul Anderson, in which a modern scholar is sent to the late Bronze Age to witness theend of an era, emerging with memories from the past as vibrant and intact as those from his accustomed life.

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