The Crucible of Time

The Crucible of Time

First edition
Author John Brunner
Cover artist Don Dixon
Language English
Series Time[1]
Genre Science fiction, fix-up
Publisher Del Rey/Ballantine
Publication date
Sep 1983
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 288 pp
ISBN 0-345-31224-4
823' .914
LC Class PR6052.R8C78
Followed by The Tides of Time

The Crucible of Time is a fix-up science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in 1983.

Serials

Parts 1 and 2 appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine as "The Fire is Lit" (Sep 1982) and "Fusing and Refusing" (Jan 1983).

Plot

The novel deals with the efforts of an alien species to escape their homeworld, whose system is passing through a cloud of interstellar debris, resulting in a high rate of in-falling matter. The species' unique biology and their biological technology complicate matters.

Awards

References

  1. "Time". Scifan.com. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. "1984 Locus Poll Award". ISFDB Bibliographic database. Retrieved 21 September 2010.


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