The Martian Inca

Watson, Ian

ISBN 10: 0441520448 / ISBN 13: 9780441520442

Published by Ace Books, 1978

About this Item

© 1977: A stand-alone novel by Ian Watson. 2nd printing of 1978 edition:- Synopsis: A triumph of Soviet technology, the first two-way interplanetary probe performed brilliantly until the final stage of its return. Then something went wrong: rather than following its programmed course to a soft landing in its country of origin, the probe crashed in the Peruvian Andes. Now a weird infection beyond the understanding of medical science has wiped out an entire village - except for one man, who, alone and undiscovered by medics, survives. He has awakened to find himself become his own ancestor, and a god. Suddenly the flames of an Indian revolution are spreading in South America; he is the Martian Inca:- Review(s): For sheer inventiveness and intellectual brilliance, Ian Watson has already established himself in the front rank of contemporary writers." - The London Sunday Times:- (original cost $1.95).

Seller Inventory # 12.011.00232

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Martian Inca
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Publication Date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0441520448
• ISBN 13: 9780441520442
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Steve Hickman
• Edition: 1978 Edition
• Printing: 2nd Printing
• Condition: Fair: Heavier signs of wear
• Weight: 0.17 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

The Mars Probe has crashed. A triumph of Soviet technology, the first two-way interplanetary probe performed brilliantly until the final stage of its return. Then something went wrong: rather than following its programmed course to a soft landing in its country of origin, the probe crashed in the Peruvian Andes. Now a weird infection beyond the understanding of medical science has wiped out an entire village - except for one man, who, alone and undiscovered by medics, survives. He has awakened to find himself become his own ancestor, and a god. Suddenly the flames of an Indian revolution are spreading South America; he is the Martian Inca.

About the Author

Ian Watson was born in 1943. He lectured in Tanzania and Tokyo and taught Future Studies at Birmingham Polytechnic. He began publishing sf with 'Roof Garden Under Saturn' for New Worlds in 1969 but it was with the publication of The Embedding in 1973 that he really established himself as a writer of rare power and vision.