SUMMARY: Others have written SF on the theme of immortality, but in The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson made it his own. Early in human history, certain individuals were born who live on, unaging, undying, through the centuries and millenia.We follow them through over 2000 years, up to our
The Boat of a Million Years
โ Scribed by Poul Anderson
- Publisher
- T. Doherty Associates
- Year
- 2011;1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 372 KB
- Edition
- 1st Mass Market ed
- Category
- Fiction
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โฆ Synopsis
The author creates a fantastic history of humankind in which a few naturally immortal beings find themselves, over millions of years, alienated from an evolving human race.
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SUMMARY: Others have written SF on the theme of immortality, but in The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson made it his own. Early in human history, certain individuals were born who live on, unaging, undying, through the centuries and millenia. We follow them through over 2000 years, up to our
The author creates a fantastic history of humankind in which a few naturally immortal beings find themselves, over millions of years, alienated from an evolving human race.
Others have written SF on the theme of immortality, but in *The Boat of a Million Years*, Poul Anderson made it his own. Early in human history, certain individuals were born who live on, unaging, undying, through the centuries and millenia. We follow them through over 2000 years, up to our time and
**A New York Times Notable Book and Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist: This epic chronicle of ten immortals over the course of history "succeeds admirably" (*The New York Times*).** The immortals are ten individuals born in antiquity from various cultures. Immune to disease, able to heal themse
The author creates a fantastic history of humankind in which a few naturally immortal beings find themselves, over millions of years, alienated from an evolving human race.