Everyone believed that the mysterious plague which surfaced on board the huge oceangoing habitat Sea Venture had been stopped dead in the middle of the ocean. Nobody reckoned with Julie Prescott's unborn baby —nobody even thought about whether pregnant women could bring the parasite back to shore. Julie herself didn't reckon with what kind of man she'd fallen in love with. John Stevens wasn't your average guy, despite how he seemed. In fact, he was a highly-skilled assassin. McNulty's disease, as the alien plague came to be called, changed his life and his values —but didn't take away any of his skills. When McNulty's symptoms started showing up in the population on land, panic ensued. Though McNulty's was not fatal, and recovering patients showed no ill effects, scientific and popular opinion feared that too little was known and the disease must be curbed at all cost. A concentration camp of all McNulty's survivors would be set up —and where better than on the Sea Venture itself? But John Stevens wasn't the kind of man to let his family be imprisoned... In The Observers , Damon Knight has skillfully combined a gripping tale of suspense with a thoughtful examination of contemporary social values. From Damon Knight, a SFWA Grand Master.

The Observers

Literature & Fiction

Knight, Damon Francis

United States

Tor Books

A. for Anything

A for Anything

A for anything

AVON.

Gene Anderson, an eight-foot-tall giant, uses his ability to reach into other dimensions first to become rich and then to reform the world

The man in the tree

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Gollancz

An alien intelligence has infected the residents of Sea Venture with a personality change that gives them the ability to see the flaws in civilization and the evil power to affect changes to evolve to true intelligence

Science Fiction

<p>Very Good; see scans and description. Chicago: Advent Publishers, 1967. 'In Search of Wonder', by Damon Knight, in the 1967 Advent Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. Berkley edition. Octavo, printed perfect-bound wraps, 318 pp.(xii + 306). Several full-page b&amp;w cartoons by J.L. Patterson. Very Good; small abrasions at front cover (scan), corners touched, toning to the white background of the rear cover. See scans. Outstanding sci-fi analysis and scholarly critique by Knight, including treatments of Robert Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, A.E. Van Vogt, Theodore Sturgeon, and others. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, not a bag. L71</p>

In Search of Wonder

Advent Pub Inc

In Search of Wonder: essays on modern science fiction

In Search of Wonder: Essays on Modern Science Fiction

History & Criticism

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