City at the End of Time

Greg Bear

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Del Rey
25 August 2009

Science fiction; Future Society; Space

In a time like the present, in a world that may or may not be our own, three young people–Ginny, Jack, and Daniel–dream of a decadent, doomed city of the distant future: the Kalpa. But more than dreams link these three: They are fate-shifters, born with the ability to skip across the surface of the fifth dimension, inhabiting alternate versions of themselves. And each guards an object whose origin and purpose are unknown: gnarled, stony artifacts called sum-runners that persist unchanged through all versions of time.

Hunted by others with similar powers who seek the sum-runners on behalf of a terrifying, goddess-like entity known as the Chalk Princess, Ginny, Jack, and Daniel are drawn into an all but hopeless mission to rescue the future–and complete the greatest achievement in human history.

By: Greg Bear
Imprint: Del Rey
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 157mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 588g
ISBN: 9780345448408
ISBN 10: 0345448405
Pages: 476
Publication Date: 25 August 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for City at the End of Time

Represents a return to the sort of big and imaginative science-fiction epic that [Greg Bear's] many fans particularly covet. -- Seattle Post-Intelligencer [A] triumphant return to large-scale SF . . . beautifully written. -- Publishers Weekly, A Best Book of the Year [City at the End of Time] has the flavor of weird fantasy, closer in its feel to the works of Neil Gaiman or China Mieville than anything Bear has done before. It . . . has an epic depth. -- Sci Fi Weekly A gripping, original tale. -- NewScientist Powerful and evocative. -- Analog Superlative . . . an excellent, excellent work. --Harlan Ellison Compelling . . . a remarkable tour de force of sustained visionary writing . . . one of Bear's best novels, perhaps even the very best. -- Locus