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* 'Apocolyptic event, myth, pure science... playfulness. It transcends ... genre cliche by the strengths of its imaginative undercurrents' Brian W. Aldiss * Winner of the Hugo Award when first published * A highly original, inventive and hugely influential disaster novel

About the Author

Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) studied psychology and physiology at the University of Chicago and then spent a year at a theological seminary. He worked as an editor for the Science Digest, acted (he came from a theatrical family) and was a drama teacher before turning to writing. He is particularly well known for his fantasy writing but his other sf includes The Big Time, which also won a Hugo.