SFWA Grand Master James Gunn's This Fortress World takes place in the far future of our galaxy, when countless civilizations have risen and fallen, leaving only their marvelous scientific achievements as legacy to those worlds that have now fallen into a new Dark Age. On the planet Brancusi, William Dane, an acolyte monk in the all-powerful Church, comes into possession of a crystal pebble dropped in the offering plate, a stolen treasure believed to hold untold secrets of mankind's past. There are powerful men who will ...
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SFWA Grand Master James Gunn's This Fortress World takes place in the far future of our galaxy, when countless civilizations have risen and fallen, leaving only their marvelous scientific achievements as legacy to those worlds that have now fallen into a new Dark Age. On the planet Brancusi, William Dane, an acolyte monk in the all-powerful Church, comes into possession of a crystal pebble dropped in the offering plate, a stolen treasure believed to hold untold secrets of mankind's past. There are powerful men who will stop at nothing, including murder, to recover this ancient artifact, and Dane must flee for his life to protect the knowledge the crystal holds. Once in the outside world, to which he is a stranger, and no longer in the comforting isolation of the Cathedral where he has spent his entire life, Dane faces not only internal challenges to his deepest held beliefs, but those external and involving the long-term destiny of mankind--if only he can survive. Deceived, imprisoned, tortured, and now a murderer himself, Dane must not only break down the walls that have kept him alone in the world, but those imposed upon the people through an oppressive centralized government, a government putting its own desires above those of its people.
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Seller's Description:
Poor. Some outer edges have minor scuffs. Cover has light scratches/marks. Textblock has foxing/tanning. Content has foxing/tanning but still in readable condition. 192 p.
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Seller's Description:
Good. Signed Copy Collectible-Good. From the library of science fiction and fantasy writer, editor, publisher and prolific book reviewer D. Douglas Fratz. In protective plastic bag. Signed by author James Gunn on sticker on title page. (Vintage paperbacks, Science fiction, fantasy)
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NF/VG. BOOK'S TEST IS TANNED WITH SLIGHT RUB AT THE CORNERS, AND A COUPLE OF REMAINDER MARKS ON THE EDGE OF THE TEXT BLOCK. D.J. HAS A SMALL BIT OF CORNER WEAR WITH A 1/8" PIECE MISSING AT THE TOP OF THE THE LIGHTLY RUBBED SPINE, A 1/2" TRIANGULAR CHIP AT THE SPINE HEEL THAT DELETES "GNOME", A TINY CHIP AT THE TOP OF A LIGHTLY TANNED REAR PANEL, AND SOME VERY FAINT FOXING ON THE FRONT PANEL. A NICE COPY.
