The Jewels of Aptor
 First edition | |
| Author | Samuel R. Delany |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jack Gaughan |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science Fantasy |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
Publication date | 1962 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 156 pp |
| OCLC | 1625608 |
The Jewels of Aptor is a 1962 science fantasy novel by Samuel R. Delany, his first published novel. It first appeared as an Ace Double F-173 together with Second Ending by James White. Later editions had a restored and revised text, as about a third of the text was originally excised by Ace Books[1][2][3]
Plot introduction
In a post-atomic future, when civilization has regressed to something near the Middle Ages, or even before, a young student and poet, Geo, takes a job as a sailor on a boat with a strange passenger, a priestess of the goddess Argo, who is heading toward a mysterious land of mutants and high radiation, called Aptor, presumably to recapture a young priestess of Argo, her little sister, who has been kidnapped by the forces of the dark god Hama.
References
Sources
- Barbour, Douglas (1979). Worlds Out Of Worlds: The SF Novels of Samuel R. Delany. Frome, Somerset, UK: Bran's Head Books Ltd. ISBN 0-905220-13-7.
- Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter (1995). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (2 ed.). New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 0-312-13486-X.
- Pringle, David (1990). The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction. London: Grafton Books. ISBN 0-246-13635-9.
- Tuck, Donald H. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy. Chicago: Advent. p. 137. ISBN 0-911682-20-1.
External links
- The Jewels of Aptor title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- The Jewels of Aptor at Project Gutenberg (original Ace Double text)
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The Jewels of Aptor public domain audiobook at LibriVox