Hugo Award Best Novel Winner
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
Summary
A rogue planet appears suddenly in Earth's sky, wrecking the tides, the moon, and human civilization while a large cast of characters around the globe struggles to survive the upheaval. Leiber shifts among many viewpoints to show the disaster from countless angles, from astronomers to ordinary people caught in the chaos. The novel blends cosmic spectacle with intimate human reactions to a world turned upside down.
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Historical Context & Significance
It earned Fritz Leiber his second Hugo Award for Best Novel and stands as an ambitious example of the disaster epic in science fiction.