num_pages: 318
description: You've seen a lot of stories about men venturing out to the stars, but in The Wanderer a star comes to earth.You've often read about how heroes face disaster... the cool-headed, flawless, perfectly equipped men... the supermen. But how about the real people? VVhat about the human beings, the Joe Dokes, the oddballs, the neurotics, the normals, the weirdos, the little people — yes, and including the little people in high places wearing the robes of doctors of science, the grey flannel of top politicos and businessmen, the gold braid and sunbursts of high military brass?For those who died when The Wanderer came — what did they think about? What did they do in those last few unutterably private moments, walking the last mile, living out the last minutes, sucking the last breath, alone or together?For those who lived — what did they think about? How did they do it? By luck? Strength? Stupidity? Imagination? Or the lack of it? Did they grasp at straws, fighting for life, clawing their way out of disaster at any cost? Or did they find a better way, a way that wasn't simply the desire for survival burning a little more fiercely in some than in others?The Wanderer brought many answers for many men.Cover illustration by Richard M. Powers
language: English
title: The Wanderer
titlecomplete: The Wanderer
characters: Margo Gelhorn, Paul Hagbolt
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Apocalyptic, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Novels, Hugo Awards, Fantasy, Post Apocalyptic
ratings_count: 3036
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Ballantine Books