Book description
Earl Dumarest still seeks the mythical planet Earth . . . still roams
alien and violent worlds. With him goes Mayenne, whose songs create joy
and passion - or forgetfulness. Together they are cast up on Tormyle, a
planet from another galaxy; a planet unique throughout the Universe. For
Tormyle is sentient - the most powerful intelligence in the Cosmos,
constantly recreating itself. Tormyle can be Paradise or Hell. Tormyle
can manifest as a dragon or a knight on horseback, faceless behind the
helmet. Tormyle understands nothing of humanity, of men and women, of
emotion. And Tormyle will let no-one escape who cannot answer the
unanswerable. (First published 1973) Edwin Charles Tubb was born in
London in 1919, and was a prolific author of SF, fantasy and western
novels, under his own name and a number of pseudonyms. He wrote hundreds
of short stories and novellas for the SF magazines of the 50's,
including the long-running Galaxy Science Fiction, and was a founding
member of the British Science Fiction Association. He died in 2010.
