- Paperback
- Publisher: Dorchester Pub Co (Dec 1975)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0685610454
- ISBN-13: 978-0685610459
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,705,245 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was one of my top ten SF books of all time when it appeared, and I'd still put it in the top twenty, even with so much published since. I could hardly wait to see what happened next, and it goes through all sorts of unexpected twists and turns before arriving at a very satisfying ending. Mr Biggle writes easily and naturally, with a touch of ironical humour.
Disabled Air Force Major Bowden Karvel is hanging out with some friends at a local tavern, when he sees trees starting to fall in the valley below, in a widening spiral of destruction. At the centre is some sort of spherical vehicle, with some sort of human pilot in it -- stone dead.
Where did it come from? The capsule itself is the only clue, and the only way to find out where it came from is for a live pilot to take it to its point of origin...
Books that really drive are rare, even among best-sellers (some obvious examples are the James Bond and Modesty Blaise tales); but in Science Fiction they're even fewer. This, however, is a prime example: others include The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger, Tiger), Galactic Patrol and The Man in the Maze.
This is my favourite story by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Disabled Air Force Major Bowden Karvel is hanging out with some friends at a local tavern, when he sees trees starting to fall in the valley below, in a widening spiral of destruction. At the centre is some sort of spherical vehicle, with some sort of human pilot in it -- stone dead.
Where did it come from? The capsule itself is the only clue, and the only way to find out where it came from is for a live pilot to take it to its point of origin...
Books that really drive are rare, even among best-sellers (some obvious examples are the James Bond and Modesty Blaise tales); but in Science Fiction they're even fewer. This, however, is a prime example: others include The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger, Tiger), Galactic Patrol and The Man in the Maze.
This is my favourite story by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Format:Paperback
This was one of my top ten SF books of all time when it appeared, and I'd still put it in the top twenty, even with so much published since. I could hardly wait to see what happened next, and it goes through all sorts of unexpected twists and turns before arriving at a very satisfying ending. Mr Biggle writes easily and naturally, with a touch of ironical humour.
Disabled Air Force Major Bowden Karvel is hanging out with some friends at a local tavern, when he sees trees starting to fall in the valley below, in a widening spiral of destruction. At the centre is some sort of spherical vehicle, with some sort of human pilot in it -- stone dead.
Where did it come from? The capsule itself is the only clue, and the only way to find out where it came from is for a live pilot to take it to its point of origin...
Books that really drive are rare, even among best-sellers (some obvious examples are the James Bond and Modesty Blaise tales); but in Science Fiction they're even fewer. This, however, is a prime example: others include The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger, Tiger), Galactic Patrol and The Man in the Maze.
This is my favourite story by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
Disabled Air Force Major Bowden Karvel is hanging out with some friends at a local tavern, when he sees trees starting to fall in the valley below, in a widening spiral of destruction. At the centre is some sort of spherical vehicle, with some sort of human pilot in it -- stone dead.
Where did it come from? The capsule itself is the only clue, and the only way to find out where it came from is for a live pilot to take it to its point of origin...
Books that really drive are rare, even among best-sellers (some obvious examples are the James Bond and Modesty Blaise tales); but in Science Fiction they're even fewer. This, however, is a prime example: others include The Stars My Destination (aka Tiger, Tiger), Galactic Patrol and The Man in the Maze.
This is my favourite story by Lloyd Biggle Jr.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the only story by this author that I have not rated four stars or above. Don't let it put you off if you have read it. His other works are well worth buying.
This one is an early work, trying in it's way to mirror "The time machine" (H G Wells), and while ti starts well with a mystery due to the unfortunate effects of the time experiment it fails to follow up, and degenerates into a rather piecemeal novel.
I cannot reccomend this book, but can reccomend this author.
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