The Big Time
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 13
9780884119319
Category
813 Fiction
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Publication Year
1961
Publisher
Ace Books, United States
Pages
129
Subject
Time travel -- Fiction. Imaginary wars and battles -- Fiction. Soldiers -- Fiction.
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Abstract
Publisher Comments
Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, then you've had hints of the Change War.
It's been going on for a billion years and it will last another billion or so. Up and down the timeline, the two sides--"Spiders" and "Snakes"--battle endlessly to change the future and the past. Our lives, our memories, are their battleground. And in the midst of the war is the Place, outside space and time, where Greta Forzane and the other Entertainers provide solace and r-&-r for tired time warriors.
Review
"An extraordinary tour de force with no equal in the literature of science fiction."—A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction
"I most urgently recommend this book to you . . . What the entrances, performances and exits of this little mostly human troupe accomplish is a statement about all wars, and all people."—Algis Budrys
Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, then you've had hints of the Change War.
It's been going on for a billion years and it will last another billion or so. Up and down the timeline, the two sides--"Spiders" and "Snakes"--battle endlessly to change the future and the past. Our lives, our memories, are their battleground. And in the midst of the war is the Place, outside space and time, where Greta Forzane and the other Entertainers provide solace and r-&-r for tired time warriors.
Review
"An extraordinary tour de force with no equal in the literature of science fiction."—A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction
"I most urgently recommend this book to you . . . What the entrances, performances and exits of this little mostly human troupe accomplish is a statement about all wars, and all people."—Algis Budrys
Description
About the Author
Fritz Leiber, who died in 1992, was one of the most important SF and fantasy writers of the century. The Big Time is his most famous SF novel. "[His] awards for fantasy included the 1975 Grand Master of Fantasy Award, the 1976 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the 1981 Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, 6 Hugos, 4 Nebulas, and about 20 other awards.
Fritz Leiber, who died in 1992, was one of the most important SF and fantasy writers of the century. The Big Time is his most famous SF novel. "[His] awards for fantasy included the 1975 Grand Master of Fantasy Award, the 1976 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, the 1981 Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America, 6 Hugos, 4 Nebulas, and about 20 other awards.
Biblio Notes
Genre/Form: Science fiction
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Fritz Leiber
ISBN: 0839823347 9780839823346
OCLC Number: 2376740
Notes: Reprint of the ed. published by Ace Books, New York.
Description: xv, 129 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Title: Gregg Press science fiction series.
Responsibility: Fritz Leiber ; with a new introd. by Robert Thurston.
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Fritz Leiber
ISBN: 0839823347 9780839823346
OCLC Number: 2376740
Notes: Reprint of the ed. published by Ace Books, New York.
Description: xv, 129 pages ; 21 cm.
Series Title: Gregg Press science fiction series.
Responsibility: Fritz Leiber ; with a new introd. by Robert Thurston.
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