Anderson, Poul: THE BOAT OF A MILLION YEARS

Early in human history, certain unique individuals are born who live out their normal span without ageing and live on, undying. We follow several of them as individuals for more than 2000 years, for they do not band together but survive as loners. Hanno the Phoenician is an explorer and adventurer who travels and learns. Tu Shan is an Oriental sage. Rufus is a Roman oaf who becomes  Hanno´s sidekick for more than a thousand years. Aliyat and Svoboda are women who survive by sexual favors aor strength. Through their adventures, we skim human history until, at the end of the twentieth century, their immortality is revealed and the whole human race begins a research programme that finally attains the miracle of eternal life, and thus a utopia on Earth is created.

AUTHOR:  Poul Anderson

COVER: paperback

PAGES: 604

LANGUAGE: english