The Triumph of Time [Paperback]

James Blish (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: New York: Avon, (1961)
• ASIN: B000OV7BIE
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)

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3.0 out of 5 stars The fourth of the "Cities in Flight" novels, January 16, 2005

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The triumph of time (Cities in flight) by James Blish

Publisher: Avon (1966) ASIN: B0007HBJ2O

The post-WWII decade also produced science fiction's boldest novel about the end of the Universe: John Blish's The Triumph of Time.-- (John Clute / Encyclopedia of Science Fiction)

All four novels are available on Amazon as "Cities In Flight"

by James Blish, Betty Ballantine, Richard D. Mullen

Publisher: Overlook Press (January 17, 2005) ISBN: 1585676020

The fourth of the "Cities in Flight" novels depicting entires cities taking to outer space in the year 2018. In this novel, mankind finds out that two universes were doomed to inevitable, catastrophic collision in 3 years time. (Novels include: A Life for the Stars; Earthman, Come Home; and The Triumph of Time and are published together as: "Year 2018!; A Life for the Stars; Earthman, Come Home; and The Triumph of Time")

In three years' time the two universes were doomed to inevitable, catastrophic collision! When the scientists of the wandering planet, journeying through inter-galactic space, heard the sound of hydrogen atoms coming into existence out of nothing, they realized that they had accidentally discovered the birthplace of continuous creat ion. They had lifted the curtain & caught an instant's glimpse of the unknowable. But to have looked it full in the face could have been no more fatal.for later, much later, they were to learn that t hey had also uncovered mankind's Day of Judgment!