The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber
The Wanderer, Fritz Leiber
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The Wanderer

Author: Fritz Leiber

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Synopsis

This Hugo Award–winning disaster epic from the Science Fiction Grand Master “ranks among [his] most ambitious works” (SFSite). The Wanderer inspires feelings of pure terror in the hearts of the five billion human beings inhabiting Planet Earth. The presence of an alien planet causes increasingly severe tragedies and chaos. However, one man stands apart from the mass of frightened humanity. For him, the legendary Wanderer is a mere tale of bizarre alien domination and human submission. His conception of the Wanderer bleeds into unrequited love for the mysterious “she” who owns him.

About Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber (1910–1992)
was equally adept at writing science fiction, fantasy, and horror. His works
were honored with the Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy awards, and he was named a
Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. He also
received the Gandalf Grand Master Award for fantasy writing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manny

In this bizarre SF novel, which somehow managed to win a Hugo, a mobile planet crewed by a race of intelligent cats materialises in orbit around the Earth, causing all sorts of trouble. Tidal forces, you see. I think it's a metaphor for the arrival of sex in modern science fiction. Until the early 6......more

Goodreads review by Bradley

1965 Winner of the Hugo Award. Years before furry was popular, there was The Wanderer. Years before Lucifer's Hammer, there was The Wanderer. Years before it was popular go epic numbers of scientists and normals oohing and awing over BDO's entering the Earth's orbit... oh wait, no that's pretty much......more

Goodreads review by Ira

Check out my full, spoiler lite, video review HERE. Interesting concept and science but the narrative structure distracted from the plot and flow of the story. Also, there are many parts of this book that haven't aged well.......more

Goodreads review by Scott

I finished this one out of sheer stubbornness. I'm a great fan of Leiber's "Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser" fantasy stories but this Hugo award-winning science fiction tale from 1964 has aged badly, in my opinion. An interesting premise, a planet-sized spacecraft appearing in near-Earth orbit, is thrown......more

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