The End of Eternity (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Isaac Asimov
- First Published: 1955
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—time travel
- Time of Work: 1938 to 111,394
- Setting: Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Future, 1930’s, Time travel, Eternity
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
Andrew Harlan becomes an Eternal at the age of fifteen. He progresses through the ranks with impressive speed from Cub to Observer to Specialist. His career is thrown into crisis, however, when he is assigned to the 482d century. This period of history is hedonistic, materialistic, and matriarchal, in direct contrast to his own native 95th century, which is ascetic and sexually repressed. Far from his familiar homewhen, he meets and falls in love with Noys Lambent. She not only brings into question his own beliefs but also challenges the basic assumptions of all...
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