This Immortal (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Roger Zelazny
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—post-holocaust
- Time of Work: About 2,500
- Setting: Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction, Apocalyptic and catastrophe fiction
- Subjects: Future, Assassins, hit men, or contract killers, Earth, Nuclear warfare or weapons, Mutations or mutants
- Locales: Earth
The Plot
Conrad Nomikos, the Greek protagonist of This Immortal, is a mutation caused by Earth’s atomic war. Although his physical aberrations are minor, Nomikos is 234 years old and shows no signs of aging. His mutation also has granted him great strength and an imperfect telepathic ability.
Nomikos’ Earth is a shattered world. The prewar population centers are cauldrons of radioactivity and mutation, and most of Earth’s four million people live on the oceanic islands, which escaped nuclear targeting. The rest of humanity lives on Vegan planets, and the...
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