The Year of the Quiet Sun (novel)
- The Year of the Quiet Sun (novel)
infobox Book |
name = The Year of the Quiet Sun
title_orig =
translator =
image_caption = Cover of first edition (paperback)
author = Wilson Tucker
illustrator =
cover_artist = Leo and Diane Dillon
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science Fiction novel
publisher = Ace Books
release_date = 1970
english_release_date =
media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback)
pages = 252 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-441-94201-6
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"The Year Of The Quiet Sun" is a 1970 science fiction novel by Wilson Tucker about the use of forward time travel to ascertain future political and social events. It won a retrospective John W. Campbell Memorial Award in 1976. It was also nominated for a Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1970, and a Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1971.
Plot Summary
Brian Chaney is a demographer and futurist approached while on vacationwith the news that his contract has been purchased and he is required for a physical survey of the future via a secretly constructed time displacementvehicle. At a military installation south of Joliet, Illinois, the reluctant Chaney is teamed with two diversely talented military officers and a civilian liaison.
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