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1983 novel by John Brunner

The Crucible of Time
First edition
Author	John Brunner
Cover artist	Don Dixon
Language	English
Series	Time
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Del Rey/Ballantine
Publication date	Sep 1983
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	288 pp
ISBN	0-345-31224-4
Dewey Decimal	823' .914
LC Class	PR6052.R8C78
Followed by	The Tides of Time

The Crucible of Time is a fix-up science fiction novel by John Brunner. It was first published in 1983.

Serials

Parts 1 and 2 appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine as "The Fire is Lit" (Sep 1982) and "Fusing and Refusing" (Jan 1983).

Plot

The novel deals with the efforts of an alien species to escape their homeworld and integrate into a new society. In the novel, the plot beings with the system passing through a cloud of interstellar debris, resulting in a high rate of in-falling matter. The species' unique biology and biological technology complicate matters. The book starts with the tale's beginning and then shifts toward the structure of the imagery surrounding the suns, moons, and comets. Then the plot continues on an individual's life and the cultivation culture.

Awards

Locus Award 1984, Best SF Novel (13th place)

References

"Time". Scifan.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2002. Retrieved 24 September 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
"1984 Locus Poll Award". ISFDB Bibliographic database. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

External links

The Crucible of Time title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

v t e Works by John Brunner
SF&F novels	Echo in the Skull (1959) The World Swappers (1959) Slavers of Space (1960) The Atlantic Abomination (1960) Secret Agent of Terra (1962) The Super Barbarians (1962) Listen! The Stars! (1963) The Astronauts Must Not Land (1963) To Conquer Chaos (1964) The Whole Man (1964) The Martian Sphinx (1965) The Long Result (1965) The Squares of the City (1965) The Productions of Time (1967) Stand on Zanzibar Doubleday (1968), (1969) Double, Double (1969) The Jagged Orbit (1969) The Sheep Look Up (1972) Web of Everywhere (1974) The Shockwave Rider (1975) The Infinitive of Go (1980) Players at the Game of People (1980) The Crucible of Time (1983) The Tides of Time (1984) Children of the Thunder (1989) A Maze of Stars (1991) Muddle Earth (1993)
Collections	Times Without Number (1962) Not Before Time (1968) The Traveler in Black (1971) Entry to Elsewhen (1972) The Best of John Brunner (1988)

Works by John Brunner

SF&F novels

Echo in the Skull (1959)
The World Swappers (1959)
Slavers of Space (1960)
The Atlantic Abomination (1960)
Secret Agent of Terra (1962)
The Super Barbarians (1962)
Listen! The Stars! (1963)
The Astronauts Must Not Land (1963)
To Conquer Chaos (1964)
The Whole Man (1964)
The Martian Sphinx (1965)
The Long Result (1965)
The Squares of the City (1965)
The Productions of Time (1967)
Stand on Zanzibar Doubleday (1968), (1969)
Double, Double (1969)
The Jagged Orbit (1969)
The Sheep Look Up (1972)
Web of Everywhere (1974)
The Shockwave Rider (1975)
The Infinitive of Go (1980)
Players at the Game of People (1980)
The Crucible of Time (1983)
The Tides of Time (1984)
Children of the Thunder (1989)
A Maze of Stars (1991)
Muddle Earth (1993)

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