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Dark is the Sun

71.4% complete
1979
1987
1 time
47 chapters
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Copyright © 1979 by Philip José Farmer
In alphabetical order, to my granddaughters Andrea Josephsohn and Kimberley Ladd; my daughter, Kristen; my grandson Matthew Josephsohn; my son, Philip Laird; my granddaughter Stephanie Josephsohn; my grandson Torin Paul Farmer. And to any descendants of my wife, Bette Virginia Andre, and of myself fifteen billion years from now, when this story takes place.
Black was the sun; bright, the sky.
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Added: 29-Dec-2002
Last Updated: 16-Jan-2023

Publications

 01-Jul-1980
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback
In my libraryI read this editionOrder from amazon.comHas a cover imageBook Edition Cover
Date Issued:
Cir 01-Jul-1980
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$2.25
Pages*:
405
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   1 Jan 1987 - 1 Jan 1987
Internal ID:
13010
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-345-28950-1
ISBN-13:
978-0-345-28950-6
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Darrell K Sweet  - Cover Artist
"FARMER'S BRILLIANT IMAGINATION
AND NARRATIVE SKILL
HOLD THE READER'S ATTENTION...
RECOMMENDED."
- Library Journal


Fifteen billion years from now, Earth is a dying planet - its skies darkened by the ashes of burned-out galaxies, its molten core long cooled.

But young Deyv of the Turtle Tribe knew nothing of his world's history or its fate.  He lived only to track down the wretched Yawtl, who had stolen his precious Soul Egg.  Together with Vana, a girl from another tribe, and the plant-man Sloosh - both also victims of the same thief - they trailed the thief across a nightmare landscape of monster-haunted jungle and wetland.

The search for the Soul Eggs led the troupe into deeper and deeper peril - first to the lair of Feersh the Blind, the witch who had ordered the thefts; then to the Bright Abomination, the jeweled wasteland that harbored The Shemibob, the ageless being from another star who knew Earth's end was near... and held the key to the only way for any to escape that end.


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Notes and Comments:
First Edition: September 1979
Paperpack format
First Edition: July 1980

I read this book edition, but then something happened to it.  I had to replace it for my library.
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01-Jul-1980
Del Rey
Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

 Philip José Farmer
Birth: 26 Jan 1918 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Death: 25 Feb 2009 Peoria, IL, USA

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  • I try to maintain page numbers for audiobooks even though obviously there aren't any. I do this to keep track of pages read and I try to use the Kindle version page numbers for this.
  • Synopses marked with an asterisk (*) were generated by an AI. There aren't a lot since this is an iffy way to do it - AI seems to make stuff up.
  • When specific publication dates are unknown (ie prefixed with a "Cir"), I try to get the publication date that is closest to the specific printing that I can.
  • When listing chapters, I only list chapters relevant to the story. I will usually leave off Author Notes, Indices, Acknowledgements, etc unless they are relevant to the story or the book is non-fiction.
  • 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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