A World Out Of Time: A part of the 'State' series of books

Niven, Larry

ISBN 10: 0860079635 / ISBN 13: 9780860079637

Published by Macdonald & Co / Futura / Orbit, 1986

About this Item

© 1976: A part of the 'State' series of books. 5th printing of 1977 edition. Parts of this novel originally appeared in Galaxy Magazine as a short story entitled 'Rammer' (November 1971) & a serialisation entitled 'The Children Of The State' (September, October & November 1971):- Review(s): "This fantastic novel is a mix of Niven hard science and a time-travel concept to boggle the mind. The rest is action, movement, excitement, visual writing - even after the last line the feeling remains of the story still rushing on into the magic distance of the universe" - A E van Vogt:- (original cost £2.50).

Seller Inventory # 21.089.00061

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A World Out Of Time: A part of the 'State' series of books
• Publisher: Macdonald & Co / Futura / Orbit
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0860079635
• ISBN 13: 9780860079637
• Binding: Paperback: 7" x 4¼"
• Illustrator: Cover Art: Peter Jones
• Edition: 1977 Edition
• Printing: 5th Printing
• Condition: Fine: Very small signs of wear
• Weight: 0.14 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science Fiction

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Synopsis

A terrific ride through time and space--and into unimaginable peril!

After more than two hundred years as a corpsicle, Jaybee Corbell awoke in someone else's body and under threat of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.

But Corbell bided his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors.

Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he'd left, a planet that had had three million years to develop perils he had never dreamed of--perils that became nightmares that he had to escape . . . somehow.

From the Inside Flap

Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else's body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars.

But Corbell picked his time and made his own move. Once he was outbound, where the Society that ruled Earth could not reach him, he headed his starship toward the galactic core, where the unimaginable energies of the Universe wrenched the fabric of time and space and promised final escape from his captors.

Then he returned to an Earth eons older than the one he'd left...a planet that had had 3,000,000 years to develop perils he had never dreamed of -- perils that became nightmares that he had to escape...somehow!