The Crucible of Time

The Crucible of Time
First edition
AuthorJohn Brunner
Cover artistDon Dixon
LanguageEnglish
SeriesTime[1]
GenreScience fiction
PublisherDel Rey/Ballantine
Publication date
Sep 1983
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages288 pp
ISBN0-345-31224-4
823' .914
LC ClassPR6052.R8C78
Followed byThe 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 and integrate into a new society. In the novel, the plot beings with the system passing through a cloud of interstellar debris, resulting in a high rate of in-falling matter. The species' unique biology and biological technology complicate matters. The book starts with the tale's beginning and then shifts toward the structure of the imagery surrounding the suns, moons, and comets. Then the plot continues on an individual's life and the cultivation culture.

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Time". Scifan.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ^ "1984 Locus Poll Award". ISFDB Bibliographic database. Retrieved 21 September 2010.


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