The Wind Whales of Ishmael |
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| Authors: | Farmer, Philip Jose |
| Publisher: | Titan |
| BISAC/Subject: | FIC009000 |
| ISBN: | 9781781162989, Related ISBNs: 1781162972, 1781162980, 9781781162972, 9781781162989 |
| Classification: | Fiction |
| Number of pages: | 192, |
| Audience: | General/trade |
Synopsis: Ishmael, lone survivor of the doomed whaling ship Pequod, falls through a rift in time and space to a future Earth - an Earth of blood-sucking vegetation and a blood-red sun, of barren canyons where once the Pacific Ocean roared. Here too there are whales to hunt - but whales that soar through a dark blue sky....
Hugo Award-winner Philip José Farmer spins a fascinating tale of whaling ships and sailors of the sky in a bizarre future world where there are no seas to sail and no safe harbor to call home....
Hugo Award-winner Philip José Farmer spins a fascinating tale of whaling ships and sailors of the sky in a bizarre future world where there are no seas to sail and no safe harbor to call home....
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