Aegypt by John Crowley - ISBN: 9780575083004
Paperback
Lost magic, alternate histories, and a key to a wondrous past.

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  • Paperback

    448 pages

  • Release Date

    10 December 2013

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Summary

There is more than one history of the world. Before science defined the modern age, other powers, wondrous and magical, once governed the universe, their lore perfected within a lost capital of hieroglyphs, wizard-kings, and fabulous monuments.

In the 1970s, a historian named Pierce Moffett moves to the New England countryside to write a book about gypt, driven by an idea he dare not believe: that the physical laws of the universe once changed and may change again. Yet the notion is n…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575083004
ISBN-10:057508300X
Author:John Crowley
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:448
Release Date:10 December 2013
Weight:360g
Dimensions:198mm x 128mm x 30mm
Series:Fantasy Masterworks
About The Author

John Crowley

John Crowley was born in Maine in 1942 and grew up in Vermont, Kentucky and Indiana before moving to New York and taking up work in documentary films - an occupation he still pursues alongside his writing. THE DEEP, his first science fiction novel, was published in 1975 and was followed by BEASTS, ENGINE SUMMER and GREAT WORK OF TIME. With the publication of LITTLE, BIG in 1981 he won the WORLD FANTASY AWARD and was shortlisted for the HUGO, NEBULA and BSFA AWARDs.

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