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The End of Fame
Playwright Evan Larkspur disappeared when his Naval survey ship suffered a cold-sleep malfunction. But a century later, he has miraculously returned, with jumbled memories of what happened, to find that the free society promised by the Kanalist movement has been replaced by a repressive dictatorship.
Larkspur's plays are now revered by the underground Kanalists, and his appearance could provide a focus for resistance. But just when he is poised to step forward, he learns that someone claiming to be Larkspur is staging a revolutionary play on the breakaway world Venezia!
How can this be? Is he a genuine revolutionary, using Larkspur's name to rally the Kanalists? Or is he a tool of the government trying to flush out the hidden Kanalists once and for all?
Or—unthinkable!—are Larkspur's damaged memories merely a madman's fantasies after all?
“To say The End of Fame is a well-textured novel is akin to saying the Mona Lisa is a nice picture; well, yes, that's true, but it hardly does the work justice.�
� Catherine Asaro
Larkspur's plays are now revered by the underground Kanalists, and his appearance could provide a focus for resistance. But just when he is poised to step forward, he learns that someone claiming to be Larkspur is staging a revolutionary play on the breakaway world Venezia!
How can this be? Is he a genuine revolutionary, using Larkspur's name to rally the Kanalists? Or is he a tool of the government trying to flush out the hidden Kanalists once and for all?
Or—unthinkable!—are Larkspur's damaged memories merely a madman's fantasies after all?
“To say The End of Fame is a well-textured novel is akin to saying the Mona Lisa is a nice picture; well, yes, that's true, but it hardly does the work justice.�
� Catherine Asaro
- GenresScience Fiction
247 pages, Paperback
First published November 1, 1994
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About the author
Bill Adams
8Ìýbooks5ÌýfollowersAuthor of The Unwound Way, The End of Fame, Tilt, and Dead Sirius. Short stories originally published in the Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock mystery magazines have now been collected on Kindle.
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October 15, 2020
If you enjoyed part 1 enough, then this will suit you.
February 6, 2024
Better and more cohesive than the first book.
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