Language: English
6 of 1990 Locus Award for Best SF Novel Immortality Library - Science Fiction and Fantasy Nanotechnology Nomination of 1990 Prometheus Award for Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Nomination of 1990 SF Chronicle Award for Novel Novel Science Fiction _isfdb hugo award for best novel finalist nebula award for best novel finalist
Publisher: Tor
Published: Nov 2, 1989
Description:
### From Publishers Weekly Less a novel than a series of short stories and novelettes tied together by their subjects, this volume tells of 11 "immortals": individuals who will not die of old age but who can, however, be killed. Anderson ( The Avatar ) brings proven storytelling abilities and research skills to chronicles that range from 310 B.C. to a centuries-distant future. Many of the stories describe an immortal's first awareness of his or her difference, and flight from accusations of witchcraft; other tales relate chance encounters between immortals; a few simply tell a good yarn. The penultimate chapter tells of the eight survivors coming together in present times; the last portrays a future where science has extended everyone's life, creating a world vastly different from what the immortals had expected. BOMC and QPB selection. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. ### From Library Journal Hanno the navigator, Tu Shan the mystic, and Aliyat the courtesan share a common bond--immortality. Their search for others like themselves covers thousands of years of human history, from the earliest explorations of the world to the ultimate journey into the stars. Against an everchanging backdrop that includes medieval Japan, the court of Richelieu, and 19th-century America, Anderson draws together a group of very special heroes. Ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, polished in style, the author's first novel in ten years is highly recommended. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 7/89. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.