explorer / books · 1978
Cirque
Terry Carr’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1977 by Bobbs-Merrill · 187 pages
Nebula · 1978
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This book is recorded on the Nebula ballot only. Each row shows the full Best Novel ballot for that award and ceremony year. Winners appear first.
Synopsis
Millennia in the future, Earth has become a backwater planet whose sole remaining wonder is Cirque — a city perched on the edge of a vast, seemingly bottomless Abyss into which the River Fundament endlessly pours. When an alien tourist arrives, the visit catalyzes a spiritual and cultural upheaval among the city's inhabitants.
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