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Engine Summer follows Rush, a member of the Truthful Speakers community, who lived one thousand years after a cataclysmic event known simply as the Storm. Raised on legends of a vanished, saintly age, Rush becomes involved with Dr. Boots's List, a group connected to enigmatic remnants of the old world. As Rush journeys and learns, he encounters themes of faith, memory, and transformation in a landscape shaped by the aftermath of an existential disaster.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Science Fiction/Hard Science Fiction
Authors: John Crowley
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