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Fire Time
Published 1974 by Doubleday · 210 pages
Hugo · 1975
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12 award entries · 10 books · 0 wins · 1959–1990
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Synopsis
On the planet Ishtar, a catastrophic 'Fire Time' occurs every thousand years as a demon star approaches, driving northern natives southward and collapsing civilizations. Caught between an alien conflict and humanity's own interstellar war, a small group of Earthlings must decide whether to intervene in a cycle of destruction that has repeated for millennia.
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