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Omnivore

64.3% complete
 Piers Anthony
1968
Science Fiction
1979
1 time
See 4
I - A Loaf of Bread
II - A Jug of Wine
III - A Book of Verses
IV - Wilderness
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115
Orn
 Of Man and Manta*
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1) Omnivore
2) Orn
3) OX
Copyright © 1968 by Piers A. D. Jacob
No dedication.
North of Appalachia an outcropping of wilderness survived.
May contain spoilers
Now Subble's incandescense blended with that of the periwinkles and sand dollars and fiddler crabs and Pent's insipient spores, and it was fitting.
No comments on file
Extract not on file

 

Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 21-Apr-2023

Publications

 01-Oct-1978
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback
In my libraryOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Oct-1978
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.95
Pages*:
221
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1667
Publisher:
Avon Books
ISBN:
0-380-00262-0
ISBN-13:
978-0-380-40527-5
Printing:
10
Country:
United States
Language:
English
HERBIVORE  CARNIVORE  OMNIVORE

These are the species which lived on the mysterious planet Nacre.  Three scientists come to Nacre to discover, to explore, to record.  Utterly defenseless, they trekked through the grotesque jungle of multiform mushrooms and dense spore-clouds, hoping to unlock the secret of this strange world. The stunning climax of their mission was just the beginning of a complex drama in which their survival - and return to earth - could spell the extinction of humanity!

"STUNNING, COMPELLING, AND MEMORABLE...  THE INTELLIGENT 'MANTAS' OF NACRE ARE SURELY AMONG THE MOST FASCINATING ALIENS IN SF."
Science Fiction Review

THE FIRST VOLUME
IN THE EXTRAORDINARY TRILOGY INCLUDING
ORN and 0X
Cover:
Book CoverBook Back CoverBook Spine
Notes and Comments:
First Avon Printing, October 1978
Tenth printing based on the number line

Canada: $3.75

Picked this edition up at Half Priced Books in 2015 just because I couldn't find my original copy.

Other book covers for this series run

Book Cover
Omnivore
 01-Oct-1978
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Oct-1978
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.25
Pages*:
221
Catalog ID:
57851
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   1 Jan 1979 - 1 Jan 1979
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
13176
Publisher:
Avon Books
ISBN:
0-380-00862-0
ISBN-13:
978-0-380-00862-9
Printing:
4
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Ron Walotsky  - Cover Artist
HERBIVORE
CARNIVORE
OMNIVORE

These are the species which lived on the mysterious planet Nacre.  Three scientists came to Nacre to discover, to explore, to record.  Utterly defenseless, they trekked through a grotesque jungle of multiform mushrooms and dense spore-clouds, hoping to unlock the secret of this strange world.  The stunning climax of their mission was just the beginning of a complex drama in which their survival and return to earth - could spell the extinction of humanity!

"STUNNING, COMPELLIN6,AND MEMORABLE... the intelligent mantas of Nacre are surely among the most fascinating aliens in SF."
Science Fiction Review

THE FIRST VOLUME
IN THE EXTRAORDINARY TRILOGY INCLUDING
ORN AND OX
Cover:
Book CoverBook Back CoverBook Spine
Notes and Comments:
Fourth printing based on the number line
ISBN 0-380-00862-0 on back cover is different from 0-380-40527-X on the copyright page

Other book covers for this series run

Book Cover
Omnivore
Book Cover
Orn
Book Cover
OX
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01-Oct-1978
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback

Image File
01-Oct-1978
Avon Books
Mass Market Paperback

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 Piers Anthony
Birth: 06 Aug 1934 Oxford, England

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  • Page numbers on this site are for the end of the main story. I normally do not include appendices, extra material, and other miscellaneous stuff at the end of the book in the page count.





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