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Country
  
United States

Series
  
Radix Tetrad

Originally published
  
1985

Preceded by
  
Radix

Followed by
  
Arc of the Dream

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Language
  
English

Pages
  
175 (176 2008 Edition)

Author
  
A. A. Attanasio

OCLC
  
14244036

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Publication date
  
1985, re-released 2008 Phoenix Pick

Media type
  
Print (hardback & paperback)

Genres
  
Novel, Science Fiction, Speculative fiction

Similar
  
A A Attanasio books, Radix Tetrad books

In Other Worlds is a 1985 novel by American writer A. A. Attanasio, the second in his Radix Tetrad. It contains humans, zōtl, Rimstalkers, other spatial dimensions, and time-travel/temporal distortion as do other novels in the Radix series, though they are re-envisioned.

Contents

Plot

Carl Schirmer's life is transformed when he is turned into energy by an eighth-dimensional being and transported to a faraway world at the edge of a black hole.

What follows is a thrilling ride similar to Flash Gordon involving a woman from the end of time, a man who can live off sunlight, and an alternate, paradisaical Earth in which World War II never happened.

Characters

  • Carl Schirmer: An everyman who is abducted and transformed by the Eld Skyle. A reluctant hero who soon learns to wield a laser baton, fly a rocket ship, and find true love.
  • Eld Skyle: An eighth-dimensional life-form who feeds on the imperfections of other life-forms, transforming them into idealized versions of their former selves.
  • Evoë: A denizen of the strange world the Eld Skyle brings Carl to.
  • Zee: A friend of Carl's who discovers key secrets to the universe.

    • References

    In Other Worlds Wikipedia
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