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The Big Time

Fritz Leiber

Published 1958 by Ace Books · 128 pages

Hugo · 1958

Winner
Science Fiction

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Fritz Leiber on these ballots

2 award entries · 2 books · 2 wins · 1958–1965

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Synopsis

In a secret war across all of time between two factions called the Spiders and the Snakes, entertainers and soldiers gather in the Place, a pocket of reality outside space-time, to rest between missions. When an activated atomic bomb is discovered inside the Place and the door to the cosmos slams shut, the trapped inhabitants must uncover the saboteur among them before time runs out.

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Time Travel
Time & MemoryWar & Military

Details

Series
Change War · Book 1
Author nationality
United States
ISBN
9780312890797