Book description
This is a collection of stories of the Traveller in Black. It is set in a world where chaos rules. One man - the man with many names, but one nature - is charged with creating order out of the warring forces of nature.
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1 author picked The Compleat Traveller in Black as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love the mysterious quality of this book, which is actually collected short stories about the Traveler in Black, an entity given the task of making the newly-formed universe less chaotic by imposing order. I was fascinated by the concept.
Brunner is a famous science fiction writer, but I prefer it when his work leans toward the fantastic.
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