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City at the End of Time

A Novel

A Novel

By Greg Bear

By Greg Bear

By Greg Bear

By Greg Bear

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    About City at the End of Time

    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.

    About City at the End of Time

    Multiple Hugo and Nebula award-winning author, Greg Bear is one of science fiction’s most accomplished writers. Bold scientific speculation, riveting plots, and a fierce humanism reflected in characters who dare to dream of better worlds distinguish his work. Now Bear has written a mind-bendingly epic novel that may well be his masterpiece.

    Do you dream of a city at the end of time?

    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 doomed, decadent city of the distant future: the Kalpa. Ginny’s and Jack’s dreams overtake them without warning, leaving their bodies behind while carrying their consciousnesses forward, into the minds of two inhabitants of the Kalpa–a would-be warrior, Jebrassy, and an inquisitive explorer, Tiadba–who have been genetically retro-engineered to possess qualities of ancient humanity. As for Daniel: He dreams of an empty darkness–all that his future holds.

    But more than dreams link Ginny, Jack, and Daniel. They are fate-shifters, born with the ability to skip like stones 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, despite themselves, into an all but hopeless mission to rescue the future–and complete the greatest achievement in human history.

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    About Greg Bear

    Greg Bear is the author of more than 25 books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has been awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear, and they… More about Greg Bear

    About Greg Bear

    Greg Bear is the author of more than 25 books, which have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He has been awarded two Hugos and five Nebulas for his fiction. He is married to Astrid Anderson Bear, and they… More about Greg Bear

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Del Rey
    Aug 25, 2009 | 496 Pages | 6-1/8 x 9-1/4 | ISBN 9780345448408

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Del Rey
    Aug 05, 2008 | 496 Pages | ISBN 9780345507136

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    Praise

    “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 Miéville 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

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