The Society of Time

John Brunner

ISBN 10: 0712353828 / ISBN 13: 9780712353823

Published by British Library Publishing, GB, 2020

About this Item

Don Miguel Navarro lives in Britain - a Britain which failed to repel the Spanish Armada invasion. He is part of the Society of Time, an organisation which polices the improper use of time travel, and which is galvanised into action when an ancient relic from a parallel time's South America is spotted on the black market. In three fascinating and ground-breaking novellas, John Brunner weaves an ingenious tale of a divergent and compelling timeline, and poses complex questions of how we perceive the fourth dimension and its relation to our own identity. When collected previously the three original Society of Time stories were abridged. Here, 'The Spoils of Yesterday', 'The Word Not Written' and 'The Fullness of Time' are reprinted in full, along with the two mesmerising Brunner novellas 'The Analysts' and 'Father of Lies'.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Society of Time
• Publisher: British Library Publishing, GB
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712353828
• ISBN 13: 9780712353823
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Drifting through a party celebrating 400 years since the Spanish Armada's successful invasion of Britain, Don Miguel Navarro – Licentiate of the Society of Time – is shaken by the host's possession of a flawless mask from an ancient Aztec festival. 'Imported' from the past, the discovery signals a breach in the Society's policing of time-travel and imminent danger to reality itself. Today, a relic out of time; tomorrow, the rewriting of the course of history? In three ground-breaking novellas, John Brunner weaves an ingenious tale of diverging timelines and a battle for dominance over the fourth dimension. The Society of Time stories were abridged when first collected. Here, the trilogy is reprinted in full along with two mesmerising standalone novellas: The Analysts and Father of Lies.

About the Author

John Brunner (1934–1995) was a prolific author of novels and short stories, predominantly in the genre of science fiction. Known today for the Hugo Award-winning Stand on Zanzibar and The Sheep Look Up, some of Brunner’s finest work remains his novellas written for science fiction magazines.