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When a client disappears, journalist‑turned‑detective Jay Corcoran visits the empty hotel suite that holds a strange, room‑sized box. With his longtime friend Tom Boone, he steps into the box and is whisked to 1745 England, where the past and a distant future collide. There they meet a family of refugees from a future dominated by alien Infinites that are converting humanity into an incorporeal form. The story follows their attempts to navigate this impossible time‑crossing encounter.
First publish date: 1986
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Clifford D. Simak
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