- Dark Is the Sun
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Dark Is the Sun Author(s) Philip Jose Farmer Cover artist Darrell Sweet Country United States Language English Genre(s) science fiction Novel Publisher Del Rey Books Publication date 1979 Media type Print Hardcover, Paperback Pages 405 ISBN 0-345-27684-1 OCLC Number 4908137 Dark Is The Sun is a science fiction novel by Philip José Farmer, first published in 1979. It tells the story of the people and creatures left on Earth when the Sun is dead and the universe is heading towards the Big Crunch.
Reception
Thomas M. Disch found himself unable to finish reading the novel, describing it as "meant for speed readers whose high-speed attention will construct from the asphalt of the prose a world of low resolution and high escapist involvement; not a novel but a daydream in remedial-reading."[1]
References
- ^ "Books -- 1979: Fluff and Fizzles", F&SF, July 1980
- Farmer, Philip José (1979). Dark Is the Sun. Del Rey. ISBN 0-345-28950-1.
Categories:- 1979 novels
- 1970s science fiction novels
- Novels by Philip José Farmer
- Dying Earth subgenre
- 1970s science fiction novel stubs
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