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Prisoner for life on a high‑altitude zeppelin, Harold Winslow, a former greeting‑card writer, chronicles his life in memoir form. His solitary companions are the disembodied voice of Miranda Taligent—the woman he has loved ever since—and the preserved body of her father, Prospero, the industrial magnate whose inventions drove her into madness. The story unfolds against a backdrop of a fantastical, dystopian city below and explores themes of confinement, memory, and the consequences of unchecked ambition.
First publish date: 2010
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Dexter Clarence Palmer
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