The Wanderer

Name: The Wanderer
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Fritz Leiber
ISBN: 9781440797705

Author: Fritz Leiber

Narrator: Norman Dietz

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/10/2008

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure

Synopsis

In the future, men and women have colonized the moon, and dazzling technological advances have created a better life for those on earth. But the arrival of "The Wanderer" may change all that. A sphere of immense size, it appears suddenly one night during a lunar eclipse, causing crushing quakes on the moon and catastrophes on earth. Now Lt. Don Merriam must find a way to reach the Wanderer and discover its purpose.

About Fritz Leiber

Fritz Leiber (1910â€“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