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What Entropy Means to Me

by George Alec Effinger

191 pages · 1972

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FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER WITH DUSTJACKET. Lots of writers have written stories about storytelling, but few are as fresh and funny as this 1972 work. Effinger, who emerged as a real talent during SF's "New Wave" era, sets his first novel on a distant colony world called simply Home. The narrator is Seyt, a son of the very first family to settle on the planet. While the story is thick with religious and mythological significance, it is also enhanced by Effinger's trademark humor. "What Entropy Means to Me" was nominated for the Nebula Award, and Effinger (1947 - 2002) went on to gain fame for his cyberpunk "Marîd Audran" trilogy.

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