Book description
It was in wide-eyed horror that Roy Gardner heard the news from the
Chief of Security. In just sixty-seven years the Earth would be totally
destroyed by the planet Lurion. That data had been compiled by the
invincible computer. With unwavering faith in the machine, humans had
only one thing to do - destroy Lurion first. And the man to do the job
was Gardner. If he did it successfully the blood of billions would be on
his hands; if he fouled up he would be the worst traitor in Terrestrial
history. And not even he knew which course he would pursue when he
finally learned that even the all-wise machine had not known all the
right answers. First published in 1959. Robert Silverberg (1935 - )
Robert Silverberg was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935, and is one of
the most prolific authors of all time, writing not just SF &
Fantasy, but extensive non-fiction and a large number of pseudonymously
published erotica novels. In his first years as a professional writer,
his output regularly exceeded a million words per year. He has won and
been nominated for the Hugo and Nebula awards dozens of times as both
writer and editor, and in 2004 received the SFWA Grand Master Award.
Among his many acclaimed and bestselling novels are A Time of Changes,
The Book of Skulls, Dying Inside and Lord Valentine's Castle. Robert
Silverberg lives on the West Coast of the United States with his wife,
author, editor and art critic, Karen Haber.
