The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson
The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson
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The Boat of a Million Years

Author: Poul Anderson

Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright

Unabridged: 24 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/03/2021


Synopsis

A New York Times Notable Book and Hugo and Nebula Award Finalist: This epic chronicle of ten immortals over the course of history "succeeds admirably" (The New York Times).

The immortals are ten individuals born in antiquity from various cultures. Immune to disease, able to heal themselves from injuries, they will never die of old age—although they can fall victim to catastrophic wounds. They have walked among mortals for millennia, traveling across the world, trying to understand their special gifts while searching for one another in the hope of finding some meaning in a life that may go on forever.

Following their individual stories over the course of human history and beyond into a richly imagined future, "one of science fiction's most revered writers" (USA Today) weaves a broad tapestry that is "ambitious in scope, meticulous in detail, polished in style" (Library Journal).

About Poul Anderson

Poul Anderson (1926-2001) grew up bilingual in a Danish American family. After discovering science fiction fandom and earning a physics degree at the University of Minnesota, he found writing science fiction more satisfactory. Admired for his hard science fiction, mysteries, historical novels, and "fantasy with rivets," he also excelled in humor. He was the guest of honor at the 1959 World Science Fiction Convention and at many similar events, including the 1998 Contact Japan 3 and the 1999 Strannik Conference in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Besides winning the Hugo and Nebula Awards, he received the Gandalf, Seiun, and Strannik, or "Wanderer," Awards. A founder of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America, he became a Grand Master, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on November 06, 2015

Oh my great googamunga, what the hell have I been reading all these years, slogging through shit only to finally come upon THIS MAGNUM OPUS OF SF? I'm frankly about as embarrassed as I can possibly be. I am STUNNED by how smoothly this enormous work slid down my gullet, amazing me with so much deligh......more

Goodreads review by Juho on February 12, 2022

There's two books here - and though neither of the books is any bad, in a vacuum, they're stitched together fairly poorly and have very little to do with one another, and ultimately both end up sadly incomplete. One without an ending, the other with too much beginning. In the first half, we follow a......more