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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. No big surprises here, but I'm glad that it ended how it did. Fairly tightly wound time travel story, well thought-out and executed. A bit cliched now, maybe, but solid enough. Deos a good job in particular with both the satirical/anti-war piece and the religious piece. ( ) After releasing a murderer name Conger from prison, government agents steal the skeletal remains of the long-dead founder of a pacifist religion. Providing Conger with a time machine and the man's skull for identification, the agents order him to travel back two centuries and kill the enigmatic founder before he starts his pacifist movement. The Skull is a short story with a simple premise, as told in the first few pages: send a convict back in time to assassinate the progenitor of a cult named the First Church. The story follows Conger, our convict, through time as he tracks down his target. The plot develops quickly without sacrificing pertinent details. Time travel is known for its mind-bending qualities, and this story is no exception, which uses those qualities to good effect. Recommended if you enjoy speculative fiction with a hint of paradoxes. no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesPrésence du futur (428) Is contained inПовне зібрання короткої прози. Том 1 by Філіп К. Дік (indirect)
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HTML: Travel backward and forward in time??literally??in this thought-provoking tale from science fiction master Philip K. Dick. A prisoner is given the opportunity to regain his freedom if he accepts a dangerous mission that could change the course of history. He accepts??but has no idea how profound the consequences of his decision will No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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