Book description
It was a sultry summer day in 1981, and the 3 billion or so inhabitants
of the world went about their daily routine unaware that, possibly, the
fate of the human race lay in the shaking hands of one George Mercer, an
insignificant and slightly neurotic employee of the New York City
Department of Welfare. For George had been informed, by an accredited
emissary of the Galactic Overlords, that he had 12 hours in which to
prove the people of the Earth worthy of admission into the Galactic
Federation. George, and George alone, would represent all of mankind. If
he failed the entire planet would be destroyed. Was this all a nightmare
of delusions dredged up by his tortured subconscious? Or a very real
nightmare that would end in the Day of the Burning . . . Barry N.
Malzberg (1939-) Barry N. Malzberg is an American writer, editor and
agent, whose prolific career has spanned numerous genres - most notably
crime and science fiction. Malzberg was particularly active in the
science fiction scene of the early seventies, although he became
disillusioned with the market forces defining the field, and has rarely
published SF works since. His most recent activity in the field has been
in the form of advice columns for writers in the quarterly magazine of
the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Barry N. Malzberg
has been shortlisted for numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula and
Philip K. Dick.
