- MP3 CD
- Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; MP3 Una edition (Mar 2012)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1455153206
- ISBN-13: 978-1455153206
- Product Dimensions: 18.8 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,087,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else's body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.
But Corbell picked his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the Society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the Universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors.
Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he'd left...a planet that had had 3,000,000 years to develop perils he had never dreamed of -- perils that became nightmares that he had to escape...somehow! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
But Corbell picked his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the Society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the Universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors.
Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he'd left...a planet that had had 3,000,000 years to develop perils he had never dreamed of -- perils that became nightmares that he had to escape...somehow! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A World Out of Time by Larry Niven is a book I first read in my early twenties. Since then I have re-read it many times. It is a story that can truly expand the imagination of the reader with its breath-taking imagery and scope.
Not in the least disjointed, this far-reaching tale has a tightly coherent and complex plot. It reaches out into a future where humanity has lost its way, having fought over and forgotten its very purpose. Wholly believable characters and vivid description bring the story to life.
Niven shows us a world, its advanced but decaying technology and its splintered culture in detail you can almost touch.
Riveting - a real page-turner, with the hero moving from one desperate scrape to another, as different factions rival each other to pry from him a secret even he does not know he has.
Full of ideas, inspiration and intelligence, this is my outright number one SF novel of all time.
Not in the least disjointed, this far-reaching tale has a tightly coherent and complex plot. It reaches out into a future where humanity has lost its way, having fought over and forgotten its very purpose. Wholly believable characters and vivid description bring the story to life.
Niven shows us a world, its advanced but decaying technology and its splintered culture in detail you can almost touch.
Riveting - a real page-turner, with the hero moving from one desperate scrape to another, as different factions rival each other to pry from him a secret even he does not know he has.
Full of ideas, inspiration and intelligence, this is my outright number one SF novel of all time.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful book - I've read this many times and it doesn't really date, even though it's over 30 years old. Originally a short-story, Niven modified this to become the first chapter and propels us on a wildly imagined journey into the future. Part of his "Lechy circuit" (see "Night on Mispec Moor") it is a stunning tale of a 20th Century Man coming face to face with humanity grown old. I highly recommend it - his best book imho.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Simply hard sci-fi. Some facets are out-dated, for example Niven has glossed over the complexities of growing old; no mention of telomeres etc. That said, a good fast read.
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