And Chaos Died

by Joanna Russ

Paperback, 1979

Status

Available

Call number

813.5

Collection

Publication

Berkley (1979), Mass Market Paperback

Description

This Nebula Award-nominated "work of awesome originality" (Robert Silverberg) is a mind-blowing exploration of telepathy and power on an Earth-like planet.   Earthman Jai Vedh was on a star voyage when his ship blew up, leaving him stranded on an uncharted Earth-like planet. In this strange new land, he's amazed to discover a colony of humans who lost contact with their home world centuries before. They've developed telepathy, telekinesis, and teleportation--and structured a sophisticated social system out of these abilities.   Under the tutelage of a female mentor named Evne, Jai Vedh begins to develop his own mental powers. But when an unexpected rescue arrives, the Earth he returns to is nothing like he remembered . . .   Wildly imaginative, wholly original, and boldly experimental in form, And Chaos Died "is a spectacular experience to undergo" (Samuel R. Delany).      … (more)

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Succumbs to the need to be trippy for trippy's sake, but there are some interesting ideas inside.

Awards

Nebula Award (Nominee — Novel — 1970)
Locus Award (Nominee — Novel — 1971)

Original publication date

1970

Physical description

6.9 inches

ISBN

0425041352 / 9780425041352

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