Book description
In the mid-21st century, time travel is used to send political
prisoners to Hawksbill Station, a prison camp in the late Cambrian Era.
When the latest arrival suspiciously deflects questions about his crimes
and knowledge of 'Up Front', the inmates decide to find out his secret.
First published in 1968 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.
