Dayworld Rebel (Dayworld Trilogy, II)

by Philip Jose Farmer

Other authorsDon Punchatz (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 1987

Status

Available

Call number

813.54

Publication

Ace Putnam (1987), Edition: 1st, 317 pages

Description

Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction. Thriller. HTML:A daybreaker rebels on an overpopulated planet in this dystopian adventure by the author of the World of Tiers series. Jeff Caird was once a daybreaker: a criminal who avoided government-required suspended animation by living seven different identities. Now he goes by the name William St.-George Duncan, and he's suppressed the memory of his past, and even his real identity, in order to avoid harsh punishment by the government of the Organic Commonwealth of Earth. But the danger is far from over, and the authorities continue to hunt him�??because among the things he's forgotten there's something very important . . . In the wilderness of northern New Jersey, Dunc has fallen in with a group of rebel daybreakers. As he struggles to retrieve the memory that's so valuable�??and dangerous�??to the government, he learns from his new allies that there's a larger movement to break free from the control of the corrupt World Council that limits citizens to one day of consciousness per week. And the knowledge buried deep within him may be the key to their success. Hugo award�??winning Science Fiction Grand Master Philip José Farmer returns to the Dayworld universe for the second installment of his richly imagined trilogy, in which Earth's overpopulation has led to the most stringent government restrictions on personal freedom imaginable.… (more)

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Caird is back, or rather, Duncan is. Having suppressed all his other personalities, Duncan knows little to nothing about previous events. Yet he is determined to escape from his captors and strike back at the oppressive government. The second Dayworld novel is just as intriguing and page turning as
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Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

1987

Physical description

317 p.; 20 inches

ISBN

0399132309 / 9780399132308
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