THE GATE OF WORLDS

by Robert Silverberg ‧ RELEASE DATE: May 22, 1967

The Gate is ""the gate beyond which all futures lie. And for each possible future, there is a possible world beyond the gate. In this world the black plague so devastated Europe that it wasn't able to repel the Turkish invasion. After years of domination it finally drove them out but Europe never really recoverd. Now it's 1963 and the Aztecs are among the big powers. This 1963 still sees sailing ships, not airplanes, and this is the saga of Dan Beauchamp, Esq., an 18-year-old from an ""impoverished and unimportant island"" named England who sails to the New World named the Upper and Lowar Hesperides in search of fame and fortune. He hopes to attach himself to an Aztec Prince as a mercenary. What a great, painless, adventurous way of observing ancient cultures--and this whole projection of ""what if?"" is marvelously alive in action aplenty on both sides of the border. What about a ""what if?"" book on Napoleon beating his Waterloo? The Gate is there thanks to the author.

Pub Date: May 22, 1967

ISBN: 1596871571

Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt, Rinehart & Winston

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1967

Categories: FICTION