Ace Books is proud to present this classic novel of time travel in a beautiful new trade edition. It took the fantasy world by storm a decade ago, and now fans can savor this Philip K. Dick Award-winner for the first time all over again. Only the dazzling imagination of Tim Powers could have assembled such an insane cast of characters: an ancient Egyptian sorcerer, a modern millionaire, a body-switching werewolf, a hideously deformed clown, a young woman disguised as a boy, a brainwashed Lord Byron, and finally, our hero, Professor Brendan Doyle.
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Author Tim Powers evokes 17th-century England with a combination of meticulously researched historic detail and imaginative flights in this sci-fi tale of time travel. Winner of the 1984 Philip K. Dick Award for best original science fiction paperback, this 1989 edition of the book that took the fantasy world by storm is the first hardcover version to be published in the United States. In his brief introduction, Ramsey Campbell sets The Anubis Gates in an adventure context, citing Powers's achievement of "extraordinary scenes of underground horror, of comedy both high and grotesque, of bizarre menace, of poetic fantasy."
The colonization of Egypt by western European powers is the launch point for power plays and machinations. Steeping together in this time-warp stew are such characters as an unassuming Coleridge scholar, ancient gods, wizards, the Knights Templar, werewolves, and other quasi-mortals, all wrapped in the organizing fabric of Egyptian mythology. In the best of fantasy traditions, the reluctant heroes fight for survival against an evil that lurks beneath the surface of their everyday lives. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
About the Author
Tim Powers was born in 1952; the son of an attorney. He graduated from California State University in 1976 and since then has written more than a dozen highly acclaimed and award-winning novels, including the Fantasy Masterwork THE DRAWING OF THE DARK.
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FROM BETWEEN TWO trees at the crest of the hill a very old man watched, with a nostalgic longing he thought he'd lost all capacity for, as the last group of picnickers packed up their baskets, mounted their horses, and rode away south-they moved a little hastily, for it was a good six miles back to London, and the red sun was already silhouetting the branches of the trees along the River Brent, two miles to the west. Read the first page
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FROM BETWEEN TWO trees at the crest of the hill a very old man watched, with a nostalgic longing he thought he'd lost all capacity for, as the last group of picnickers packed up their baskets, mounted their horses, and rode away south-they moved a little hastily, for it was a good six miles back to London, and the red sun was already silhouetting the branches of the trees along the River Brent, two miles to the west. Read the first page
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Few novels combine popular storytelling technique with artistry as well as The Anubis Gates. I enjoyed this novel because it is intelligent without becoming pretentious. A fast paced, yet twisting, plot keeps the reader guessing by tossing a somewhat broken Everyman 200 years in the past where he is beset by characters both vividly grotesque and charmingly romantic. Ironically, the time traveler's smug assurance of his superiority as a human from an advanced civilization is turned on its head when he immediately finds himself an alien in a world he can't relate to and persecuted by powers he doesn't understand. The characters and settings were depicted so well that I felt like a set director as I imagined each scene in my head. The only drawback to the book is that there are no others like it. If you want exciting storytelling that still maintains high literary standards, this book is for you.
By J R Zullo
Format:Paperback
It's hard to define "The Anubis gates" genre. Science-fiction? Historical fiction? Techno-fantasy-science-historical fiction? It doesn't matter. Tim Powers has created a story that's so amazing and different that the only comparison I can make is with Neal Stephenson's books.
Brendan Doyle is the Coleridge specialist that's invited to a time travel experience that will change his life. And I mean really change. Trapped in the early XIX century, Doyle will have to overcome a band of gipsies connected with egyptian magicians, street mugglers and beggars governed by a clown that makes experiences with human bodies, and a dog-faced murderer with the hability to... well I don't want to spoil the eventual reader's fun, because a large part of this fun is to disclose the many implications between the unusual characters in the story. At times, it is confusing, and this book clearly requires a commiment from the reader; otherwise the story is filled with such crazyness that the unnatentive reader may loose interest in the book. But, believe me, there's order and method in this crazyness.
Tim Powers seems to me an author blessed with an immense immagination to create different and fantastic stories, and this book is one good example. I was amazed by the size of this adventure. And I'm not talking about physical size, but mental and enjoyment size.
Grade 9.0/10
By "gubietay"
Format:Paperback
Excellent!! This book and George R.R. Martin saga of "The Song of Ice and Fire" I think are the best science fiction novels I have ever read. "The Anubis Gates" delivers a phenomenal and unique story from start to finish. What I most love of the novel was the author originality in establishing the plot of the story and the constant turns and surprises the story delivers. There is no point in this novel where the story gets boring or too 'slow paced', on the contrary, the more you read, the more intriguing. I hope you decide to add this book to your collection, enjoy the ride!
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A great read
This is one book where (my) words aren't adequate to describe how wonderful it is to read. Although the story the complex, reading it is effortless - it's a great adventure... Read more
Published on Dec 16 2002
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A compelling work
Tim Powers is one of the most original writers around. I had been meaning to read The Anubis Gates for some time, and was not disappointed when I finally did. Read more
Published on Oct 24 2002
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Deliriously Delightful
If Charles Dickens had ever taken it into his head to write a science fiction novel about time travel he might have come up with something along the lines of Tim Powers THE ANUBIS... Read more
Published on Oct 22 2002 by NNNNN
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Beware
If you start reading this book you will probably end up wanting to buy and read everything else Tim Powers has ever written. Read more
Published on Sep 20 2002 by California Dreamin
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Plenty of action and a bit of fun.
Being harsh on this one I have to say that it is more in the realms of fantasy or occult than Science Fiction. Read more
Published on Aug 19 2002 by Sailoil
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Captivating original novel about time travel
As a regular reader of sci-fi and fantasy, I have come across numerous variations on the time travel concept, Tim Powers, does it with originality and creativity that few others... Read more
Published on July 24 2002 by Jexii
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A definite keeper
What a great pleasure it is to stumble onto a wonderful author whose work you were previously unfamiliar with. Read more
Published on May 30 2002 by Veejer
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Time travel, Steampunk, magic, what more can you ask for ?
Anubi's Gate is maybe the best book by Tim Powers, it enthralls you with a subtle narration that leads to unexpected twist. Read more
Published on April 16 2002 by Andrea Cerri
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The master of weird fiction at his very best!
This is my favorite Tim Powers book. Tim Powers has fast become one of my favorite authors.
The Anubis Gates has everything: crazed magic-wielding cults, time travel, Beatles... Read more
Published on Mar 29 2002 by Trent Redfield
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Absolutely brilliant!
This is the first Tim Powers book I've ever picked up. It definitely won't be the last. 'Anubis Gates' is the best time travel story that I've ever read. Read more
Published on Jan 31 2002 by shel99
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