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Warlord of Kor
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781557426499
Publisher: Wildside Press
Published: Oct 18 2024
Pages: 120
Weight: 0.41
Height: 0.28 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Warlord of Kor is a classic science fiction novel set on a distant planet where human colonists encounter the remnants of an ancient alien civilization. The story follows a struggle over the secrets of the long-extinct Kor and the powerful knowledge they left behind. As tensions rise between the explorers and the native alien race, the narrative explores themes of colonization, cultural conflict, and the mystery of ancient intelligences.
Terry Carr (1937-1987) was one of the most important editors in the science fiction field. Although most remembered for his long-running anthology series Universe, which launched in 1971 and lasted seventeen volumes until 1987, Carr also edited two series of Ace Science Fiction Specials, which presented works by up-and-coming authors such as William Gibson (Neuromancer), Michael Swanwick (Into the Rift), Ursula K. le Guin (The Left Hand of Darkness), Alexei Panshin (Rite of Passage), and many more. His editing career was devoted, in many ways, to discovering and developing new talent in the field. His editing reach included Year's Best volumes of science fiction and fantasy, as well as quite a few other anthologies (both original and reprint).
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