A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, massive tidal waves, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents, drowning cities, and wiping out millions. In central North America, a team of scientists race to build a spacecraft powerful enough to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they soon discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans. A crackling plot and sizzling, cataclysmic vision have made When Worlds Collide one of the most popular and influential end-of-the-world novels of all time.This Bison Frontiers of Imagination edition features the original story and its sequel, After Worlds Collide.
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A runaway planet hurtles toward the earth. As it draws near, tidal waves, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions wrack our planet, devastating continents and wiping out millions. A team of scientists race to build a spacecraft to escape the doomed earth. Their greatest threat, they discover, comes not from the skies but from other humans.
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" ... a rattling good old-fashioned story of world-cataclysm and the exploration of a new planet."--interzone, february 2000
A reprint of When worlds collide, packaged with After worlds collide, one of the most popular and influential end-of-the-world novels of all times

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780803298149
Publisert
1999-10-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Bison Books
Vekt
408 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
01, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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Philip Wylie (1902–71) wrote several classic works of speculative fiction, including Gladiator and The Disappearance, as well as a popular work of nonfiction, A Generation of Vipers. Edwin Balmer (1883–1959), an engineer, was also a writer of detective stories and speculative fiction. Introducer John Varley is an acclaimed science fiction writer and a winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. His books include Wizard, Demon, and Steel Beach.