The Gates of Creation

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Author(s):

Philip José Farmer

First Pub:

1966

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

Unknown

Times Read:

Never (or unknown...)

Rating:

Chapters:

16 chapter

Internal ID:

13490

Series:

The Maker of Universes
A Private Cosmos

World of Tiers*

#2 of 7

World of Tiers*

A science-fiction series by Philip Jose Farmer.

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1) The Maker of Universes
2) The Gates of Creation
3) A Private Cosmos
4) Behind the Walls of Terra
5) The Lavalite World
6) Red Orc's Rage
7) More than Fire

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Dedication:

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First Sentence:

Thousands of years ago, the Lords had used drugs, electronics, hypnotism, and psychotechniques to do without sleep.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

He grieved for the loss of what they might have been.

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Added: 11-Jan-2023

Last Updated: 16-Jan-2023

01-Oct-1977

Ace

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Oct-1977

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.50

Pages*:

188

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

13000

Publisher:

Ace

ISBN:

0-441-27387-4

ISBN-13:

978-0-441-27387-4

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Boris Vallejo - Cover Artist

THE GATES OF CREATION

Imagine a whole series of separate universes, made to suit the whims of a race of super-beings. Imagine these universes with their own laws, cultures, creatures and ecologies - all existing solely to please the fancies of their individual master.

Then imagine one such universe constructed as a diabolical trap to destroy a single person - the man called Robert Wolff, one of the race of universe-makers, and once of Earth. When the satanic Master-Lord, Urizen, kidnaps Wolff's wife, he forces Wolff to enter the deadly universe of ambushes, filled with every kind of tortuous snare that the evil mind of the Master-Lord can devise.

Wolff has only his courage and his wits with which to combat this cosmic maze - unless he can perform a miracle, he and Chryseis are doomed.

THE GATES OF CREATION is the fabulous second adventure in Philip José Farmer's World of Tiers Series.

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The Gates of Creation

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A Private Cosmos

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Behind the Walls of Terra

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The Lavalite World

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01-Oct-1977
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Mass Market Paperback

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Author(s)

Philip José Farmer
Birth: 26 Jan 1918 Terre Haute, Indiana, USA
Death: 25 Feb 2009 Peoria, IL, USA

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