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Wizard
Published 1980 by Berkley/Putnam · 354 pages
Hugo · 1981
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5 award entries · 4 books · 0 wins · 1980–1993
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Synopsis
Twenty years after the events of Titan, the living world Gaea orbiting Saturn has become a tourist destination, but the godlike being who controls it is going mad. Two heroes undertake a perilous quest across Gaea's bizarre landscapes to earn the title of Wizard, confronting the entity's growing schizophrenia and the wars it wages against its own inhabitants.
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