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The Ends of the Circle (The Pelbar Cycle #2)
One thousand years after "the time of fire," a gentle craftsman and flute player forsakes both his true love and birthright to seek the fabled Shining Sea. Stel, born of proud but rigid Pelbar culture, embarks on an epic quest across an America dramatically changed by a long-ago nuclear war. Following him is his beloved wife, Ahroe, equally determined to find Stel, avoid d
...moreMass Market Paperback, 204 pages
Published
March 12th 1981
by Del Rey Books
(first published 1981)
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The second book in Paul O. William's "Beyond Armageddon" series, this is a pulpy, early 80s post-apocalyptic genre piece, set in the US 1000 years after "the time of fire".
As cheesy as they often are, I like 70s and 80s post-apocalyptic fiction. Some of the books like The Postman are pretty good. Others, like Hiero's Journey or Williams' first entry The Breaking of Northwall: The Pelbar Cycle, Book One are pure pulp nonsense. That said, the fun lies in the author's imagining of what the future m...more
As cheesy as they often are, I like 70s and 80s post-apocalyptic fiction. Some of the books like The Postman are pretty good. Others, like Hiero's Journey or Williams' first entry The Breaking of Northwall: The Pelbar Cycle, Book One are pure pulp nonsense. That said, the fun lies in the author's imagining of what the future m...more
Williams' Pelbar novels were quaint. I enjoyed them as a 20-something, but have found them disappointing upon a reread in my 40s. This is by far the best of the series in which he makes the most of the future USA he's created. Short and easy to read. Worth a look. You don't need to have read the first in the series (which in my humble opinion was the worst written).
Not as great as the first book, but still pretty good.
Pelbar Cycle
The Pelbar Cycle continues!
Book two in the Northwall, called "Pelbar," cycle. Not quite as good as the first but still excellent.
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Paul O. Williams was an American science fiction writer and haiku poet. Williams was professor emeritus of English at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois.
His most notable science fiction works are a series of novels, the Pelbar Cycle, set in North America about a thousand years after a "time of fire", in which the world was nearly totally depopulated. The novels track a gradual reconnection of th...more
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His most notable science fiction works are a series of novels, the Pelbar Cycle, set in North America about a thousand years after a "time of fire", in which the world was nearly totally depopulated. The novels track a gradual reconnection of th...more
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