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The Big Time (Hardcover)

by Fritz Leiber (Author) "My name is Greta Forzane..." (more)
Key Phrases: control divan, bomb chest, little commandant, Change Winds, Change World, Change War (more...)
3.4 out of 5 stars  (18 customer reviews)


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Editorial Reviews
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Fritz Leiber (1910-1992) is best known as a fantasy writer, but his achievements and influence are also considerable in the horror and science fiction fields. One of his major SF works is the Change War series, about rival time-traveling armies locked in a bitter, age-old war for control of existence; the battles frequently alter the course of human history. The most important work of Leiber's Change War series is the Hugo Award-winning novel The Big Time, in which doctors, entertainers, and wounded soldiers find themselves treacherously trapped with an activated atomic bomb inside the Place, a room existing outside of space-time. It's not one of Leiber's strongest novels: the cutesy-girlish narrative voice is unconvincing, while the demands of describing time travel and time paradoxes inevitably strain the prose. But The Big Time is a tense, claustrophobic SF mystery, and possibly the ultimate locked-room whodunit.

In addition to the Hugo, Nebula, Derleth, Lovecraft, and World Fantasy Awards, Fritz Leiber received the Grand Master of Fantasy (Gandalf) Award, the Life Achievement Lovecraft Award, and the Grand Master Nebula Award. --Cynthia Ward

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Product Details
  • Hardcover: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Tor Books; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312890796
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312890797
  • Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.7 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.1 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,994,627 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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