Twilight World
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- Synopsis
- A Science Fiction Novel of Tomorrow's Children. The time is shortly after World War Three. Hugh Drummond, jet pilot, has been sent by the remnant of the United States Government to make a sweeping survey of a devastated planet. He returns with a report even grimmer than expected, a story of ruin, famine, and barbarism. Here and there a few strongholds of civilization struggle to survive, but even in America they are isolated and feeble. Worst of all is the rising tide of abnormal births. The radiation which now pervades every part of the world is not strong enough to destroy life directly; but it bids fair to end the human race more slowly and horribly, with each future generation more crippled by mutation run wild. During the long-drawn effort to restore order, a child is born named Alaric Wayne. He grows up as a sort of village idiot --until the day when the savage raiders come and only his peculiar powers can defend his people. Then it is seen that he is not really abnormal. Nor is he truly human. But one chance in a billion has given him a gift which goes beyond humanity. With so many mutations each year, the rare chance of actual improvement, of powers which man never had before, appears certain to be realized. Somewhere in a chaotic world are a few supermen, who don't know that they are! But how to find them? How to use their unique talents? Above all, how to outrace the galloping disintegration of life in the vast majority? And meanwhile other nations than America are groping their way back to power. Philosophies emerge which cannot be reconciled. Man drifts closer to a fourth global war, which may destroy him even sooner than his own genetic deterioration. The quest for an answer to these problems carries Alaric Wayne and his unwilling supermen beyond Earth itself, out to Mars and a final battle with an enemy who has followed them. Yet an even greater enemy remains --man's own fears and weaknesses and ignorance. twilight world presents a harsh, detailed picture of a world that our own children may have to live in. And yet it is not a chronicle of despair. While man lives, so does hope.
- Copyright:
- 1961
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 182 Pages
- Publisher:
- Tor
- Date of Addition:
- 05/14/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Poul Anderson
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Garyp
- Proofread By:
- stephanie moubray
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.