num_pages: 287
description: Imperial Earth is the fascinating odyssey of Duncan Makenzie, traveling from Titan, a moon of Saturn, to Earth, as a diplomatic guest of the United States for the celebration of its Quincentennial in the year 2276. Titan, an independent republic, was originally colonized from Earth three generations earlier. Duncan's initial challenge is to prepare, physically and intellectually, for the 500-million-mile trip to Earth. Once there, he is caught up in a sweep of new experiences, including the social and political whirl in Washington, a strange visit to a carefully preserved ancient city once prominent in the 20th century, and a search for and meeting with a woman he loved since she visited Titan years before.
language: English
title: Imperial earth
titlecomplete: Imperial earth
characters: Duncan MacKenzie
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, Adventure, Speculative Fiction, Space Opera, Collections, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 6398
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel (1976), awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Gaylactic Spectrum Award
publisher: Gollancz