Book description
In a world of wonders, wealth, and ¿perfect¿ mental health, a famous
poet commits gruesome murder . . .why? That crime, that question, leads
a policewoman to a jungle of torture and forgotten gods; a writer to the
bohemian shadows of a vast city; and a scientist directly into the
mind-the nightmare soul-of the psychopath himself . . . Greg Bear
(1951 - ) Gregory Dale Bear was born in San Francisco in 1951 and is
regarded as one of the world's leading hard SF authors. He sold his
first short story, at the age of fifteen, to Robert Lowndes's Famous
Science Fiction, and began to write full time in 1975, since which time
he has produced a body of work of huge significance and influence to the
science fiction canon. He is the winner of 5 Nebulas and 2 Hugos,
amongst many other awards, and is regarded as one of the natural
successors to Olaf Stapledon and Arthur C. Clarke. A full-time writer,
he lives in Washington State with his family. He is married to Astrid
Anderson Bear, daughter of award-winning SF writer, the late Poul
Anderson.
