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Dark Is the Sun [Mass Market Paperback]

Philip José Farmer
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)


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Book Description

March 1982
An epic adventure by the author of the award-winning Riverworld series.

Fifteen billion years from now, Earth is a dying planet, its skies darkened by the ashes of burned-out galaxies, its molten core long cooled. The sunless planet is nearing the day of final gravitational collapse in the surrounding galaxy. Mutations and evolution have led to a great disparity of life-forms, while civilization has resorted to the primitive.

Young Deyv of the Turtle Tribe knew nothing of his world's history or its fate. He lived only to track down the wretched Yawtl who had stolen his precious Soul Egg. Joined by other victims of the same thief--the feisty Vana and the plant-man Sloosh--the group sets off across a nightmare landscape of monster-haunted jungle and wetland. Their search leads them ultimately to the jeweled wasteland of the Shemibob, an ageless being from another star who knows Earth's end is near and holds the only key to escape.
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The story proceeds briskly, with fresh inventions on every page. . . The particularly exotic settings and earthlike flora and fauna lend an atmospheric touch. --Fantasy and Science Fiction

Farmer's brilliant imagination and narrative skill hold the reader's attention. . . Recommended. --Library Journal

Farmer's unflagging energy guarantees some diversion for everyone. . . --Publishers Weekly

A big episodic quest-novel [with] enough pizazz to carry one and all along. --Kirkus Reviews --This text refers to the MP3 CD edition.

About the Author

PHILIP JOSE FARMER (1918-2009) was an American science fiction author, the winner of three Hugo Awards, and is best known for his Riverworld series. --This text refers to the MP3 CD edition.

Product Details

  • Mass Market Paperback: 400 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (U.K.) (March 1982)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0586051775
  • ISBN-13: 978-0586051771
  • Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 4.2 x 1.2 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 7 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,421,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Ostracized from their tribes, Deyv and Vana (and friends) undertake a series of treks across a dying Earth, 15 billion years in the future, at a time when Earth's sun is finally dying out (hence the title). Although Farmer has no peer when it comes to action, and he's been known to come up with brilliant ideas, his plots are often weak and unfocused and his characters are just as stock as can be. This (very) long novel is a textbook showcase for his failings, as the plot (using the term loosely) is painfully repetitive, and the characters offer little to recommend them. The main characters are wronged by somebody, get involved in a long chase after them, catch them, and then wind up joining forces with them to go after a new antagonist. Again and again and again. After a few iterations of this we start wondering if there's a point to all of this - it turns out there isn't, which is a darn shame. Definitely a work of fantasy, despite brief (page-long) and infrequent (1:100) forays into science fiction, this book is an imaginative, action-packed and generally entertaining romp through a primitive world of the far, far, far future, but it suffers from dragging on well past its welcome. Three and a half stars.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Farmer does it again! August 19, 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Farmer is the best science fiction author of all time and this book is a truly wonderful read!Definitely a book to read more than once, it is rich with adventure, excitement, and deep thought provoking philosophy. Imaging living in a far away future time when the earth is dying as the sun burns out. Society has become primitive again. There are great ideas in this book which is what one expects from Farmer, who has the most brilliant and original imagination ever.If you have ever read "to your scattered bodies go" or "maker of universes" then you will know what I am rambling on about.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of my all time favourites April 28, 1998
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Loved this book. Have actually re-read it at least a dozen times. Can recommend it to anyone with a love of sci fi (even better than the riverworld series).
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4.0 out of 5 stars An epic sci fi adventure
I first read this novel back in the 80s and had to reread it a few times because there were so many little details I couldn't figure out on first reading. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Rick
5.0 out of 5 stars I re read it every year
This is a truly epic story. I re read it often and I buy every copy I come across so I can give it out to people who haven't read it yet.
Published 15 months ago by bsprig
2.0 out of 5 stars Not worthy of Farmer!
Not one of his better works. Within this genre, this would lie somewhere in the lower half of all novels quality wise. Read more
Published 20 months ago by xoraclez
5.0 out of 5 stars A Cracking Good Read....
I first got hold of this book back in 1982 (or thereabouts), and I loved it straight off the bat. It knocked Ringworld off the top of my All Time Favourite Books list. Read more
Published on January 3, 2003 by Rory McLeish
5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best "Far Future Earth" Sci Fi Novels
This book stands tall alongside Jack Vance's "Dying Earth" Novels, Gene Wolfe's Books of the New Sun and "Hothouse" by Brian Aldiss as one of the best far... Read more
Published on April 22, 2001 by S. F. Magendanz
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
This really deserves to be listed in the best sci-fi of all time. The story is miles wide, delving into a range of ideas that leave you gasping for more. Read more
Published on October 6, 2000
5.0 out of 5 stars Read this book NOW!
My wife thinks sci-fi is something that teenage boys bury their noses in to escape the fact that they are unattractive to girls. Read more
Published on March 3, 2000 by Mister Man
5.0 out of 5 stars The best book that i have ever read
Dark is the Sun is the THE book to read if you are into science fiction, fantasy, or if you have any imagination at all. A wild ride.
Published on July 17, 1999
5.0 out of 5 stars Among the best sci fi I've read
An outstanding sci fi book. Very interesting few of the
very distant future
Published on March 8, 1997
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