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The Wanderer

by Fritz Leiber · 1964

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All eyes were watching the eclipse of the Moon when the Wanderer—a huge, garishly colored artificial world—emerged. Only a few scientists even suspected its presence, and then, suddenly and silently, it arrived, dwarfing and threatening the Moon and wreaking havoc on Earth's tides and weather. Though the Wanderer is stopping in the solar system only to refuel, its mere presence is catastrophic. A tense, thrilling, and towering achievement. Winner of the Hugo Award for Best SF Novel of the Year!

Genre
aliens and first contactaliens and first contactMore like thisLess of thisscience fictionscience fictionMore like thisLess of thispost-apocalypticpost-apocalypticMore like thisLess of thisspace operaspace operaMore like thisLess of this
Themes
disasterdisasterMore like thisLess of this
Subject
sciencescienceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 348 pages

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