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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aSchmitz, James H.,
_d1911-1981
245 1 4 _aThe Winds of Time
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Analog September 1962.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-01-21
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Winds of Time" by James H. Schmitz is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The story revolves around a space charter crewed by Gefty Rammer, who unwittingly gets involved in a dangerous adventure after his vessel is caught in a mysterious temporal current, pulling him into unknown dangers and revelations of time manipulation. The narrative explores themes of trust, secrecy, and the consequences of meddling with the fabric of time. As the tale progresses, a seemingly routine charter trip to survey a lifeless sun system takes a perilous turn when the ship, the "Silver Queen", is thrown out of normspace by unknown forces. The ship's passengers, Gefty and his colleague Kerim Ruse, must deal with their enigmatic client Mr. Maulbow, who harbors secrets linked to advanced time-travel technology. Following a series of tense encounters—including a menacing creature called a janandra that serves Maulbow—Gefty discovers that his client's motivations might not be as benign as they appear. After a climactic confrontation that sees Gefty overpower Maulbow, he learns the true nature of their situation and the implications of their journey. Ultimately, they manage to escape the dangerous time current, returning to normspace and a profound realization of their adventure's consequences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aTime travel -- Fiction
653 _aExtraterrestrial beings -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
700 1 _aBrotman, Adolph E.
830 0 _aProduced from Analog September 1962.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24395
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