A World Out of Time
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A World Out of Time

by Larry Niven

1976•Science fiction•243 pages

Taste attributes: science fictionadventurerobots/ai/spacefresh & originalimaginarybig & variedall consuming questfish out of water/culture clashunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and expansive: a fresh science-fiction novel. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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3.8 / 5

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About This Book

Jaybee Corbell awoke after more than 200 years as a corpsicle -- in someone else\'s body, and under sentence of instant annihilation if he made a wrong move while they were training him for a one-way mission to the stars. <BR>But Corbell picked his time and made his own move.

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SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

Science fictionAdventureRobots/ai/spaceAll consuming questFish out of water/culture clashUnderdog triumphs

Subjects

Science fictionAmerican Science fictionNon-ClassifiableNonfiction - GeneralScience Fiction - General

Details

Author
Larry Niven
Published
1976
Pages
243
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