Book description
Behold Demetrios! With the same rich imagination and dazzling insights
that won him the International Fantasy Award, Edgar Pangborn weaves a
magical tapestry set far in man's future. It is a time when man,
struggling to rise above the ashes of nuclear holocaust, has returned to
the simpler values and lifestyle of medieval times. And in this society,
Demetrios the storyteller is revered among men for his captivating tales
of the Old Time, with its miraculous Telephones, and Jet Planes, and TV,
and Automobiles. But Demetrios is also feared - for one storyteller with
a head full of ancient truth can be dangerous. So Demetrios is forced to
flee, with six compatriots, and together they embark on a journey full
of unexpected sorrows, and unimagined delights, a journey through realms
of fantasy, philosophy, and rich human possibility, which the reader
will be delighted and privileged to share. Edgar Pangborn (1909 -
1976) Edgar Pangborn was born in New York City and pursued music studies
at Harvard when just 15 years old. He went on to study at the New
England Conservatory but did not graduate from either course. He then
turned his back on music, focusing on writing. It was in the early 50s
that his writing career flourished, and he produced a string of highly
regarded stories for the likes of Galaxy, The Magazine of Fantasy and
Science Fiction and Ellery Queen's Mystery magazine. His work helped
establish a new 'humanist' school of science fiction, and he has been
cited by Ursula Le Guin as one of the authors who convinced her that it
was possible to write worthwhile, humanly emotional stories within
science fiction and fantasy. He died in New York in 1976.
