A Scientific Romance
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- Synopsis
- "It is 1999, in London, England. David Lambert, jilted lover, archeologist, and specialist in Victorian machinery, receives startling information about the return of H. G. Wells's time machine from the nineteenth century. Intrigued by who might attempt such an implausible hoax, he investigates, hurling himself deep into the next millennium to an England in ruins - an overgrown tropical jungle utterly abandoned by humanity. " "As David explores the luxuriant yet menacing new landscape, he also moves through the ruins of his life, a terrain of erotic obsession and remorse involving his old friend Bird - jazz musician, classicist, small-time crook - and Anita, the beautiful and eccentric Egyptologist they both loved, who has died mysteriously at thirty-two. "--
- Copyright:
- 1997
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780307366344
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780676971071
- Publisher:
- Vintage Canada
- Date of Addition:
- 05/14/21
- Copyrighted By:
- Ronald Wright
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.