Title
attributed to Andre Norton
Bibliography ~
¯ (1971) * Published by
Harcourt Brace, HC, 0-152-03497-8, LCCN
77152695, $5.75, 253pg ~ cover by
Richard Powers {Orange Cloth Boards & Spine, ISBN on rear
of Dust Jacket, First Edition code “A B C D E F G H I J”}
¯ (1972) * Published by
Gollancz, HC, 0-575-01451-2, £1.40, 256pg ~ UK
printing ~
cover by
unknown
{Green
Pictorial Front Board & Spine, Green Rear Board}
¯ (1973) * Published by ACE, PB, 0-441-02275-6, $1.25, 288pg ~ cover by unknown
¯ (1987) * Published by
Ballantine Del Rey, PB, 0-345-34282-8, LCCN
77-152695, $2.95,233pg ~ cover by Laurence Schwinger
¯ Gods and Androids (2004) * Published by
BAEN, HC, 0-743-48817-2, LCCN 2004000543, $24.00, 409pg ~ cover by
Bob Eggleton
~ Omnibus containing Androids At Arms (1971) & Wraiths of Time
(1976)
Non English
Editions
~
¯ (1974) Published in Rastatt, Germany; by Pabel, OCLC: 70715392, Terra TB 230, 160pg ~ translated by Christiane Nogly ~ German title Androiden im Einsatz
Synopsis ~
Lightning strikes a building on an otherwise
uninhabited world and the residents are stunned senseless. Awaking, they find
themselves in unfamiliar surroundings and company. All the power is off and the
robots found within the building are standing immobile. In discussing their
situation, they conclude that they have been under the influence of an
inhibitor, which muddles the mind. As they exchange information, the last date
remembered by each of the residents differs over a range of decades. Moreover,
each was involved in some time-sensitive activity. Then one of them tells of a
rumor he has heard of a service that, for a suitable fee, offers to replace
selected persons with programmed androids. Since each of the residents
remembers being a person of consequence, they wonder if they are the originals
or the androids. Imperial Prince Andas of Inyanga awakes in a gray box with
very simple furniture and dressed in a coarse one-piece coverall. He assumes
that the building must be a prison, but the door is standing half-open. He
finds other residents, including the aliens Demizonda Elys of Posedonia and
Lord Yolyos of Sargol as well as Arch Chief Tsiwon of Naul, Veep Turpyn of the
Guild, and Chief Councilor Grasty of Thrisk. Together, these six crowd into an
automated supply ship and divert it to Inyanga. However, the Guild Veep has a
trick up his sleeve. Andas eventually returns to Inyanga, but finds that many
years have passed since his own time. Another Andas sits on the throne as
Emperor and his men hunt Andas and Yolyos. Though they escape the hunters,
another power haunts Andas' dreams and draws him through an opening between
timelines into a strange Inyanga where his counterpart is also hunted, but by
the followers of the Old Woman.
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