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Captive Universe is a 1969 science fiction novel by American author Harry Harrison . Plot. Chimal is a young Aztec tribesman living in an isolated valley which was sealed off from the rest of the world in ages past by a massive earthquake.
Captive universe. by. Harrison, Harry. Publication date. 1969. Topics. Science fiction, American. Publisher. New York : Berkley Pub. Corp.
Captive universe is a rather short novel about an Aztec young man whose restless and inquisitive spirit makes him dare to deny tradition and fears and start discovering the real world around him. What he discovers is something he could never have imagined or believed.... but we, readers, must have expected just by looking at the front cover!
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The valley was isolated in time and space, a land of barbarous science and human sacrifice.Coatlice the Dreadful stalked the night, her twin serpent heads dealing death to taboo-breakers.Citallatonac the First Priest sacrificed anyone believed to be possessed by the gods.Chimal rebelled: he wanted to escape the atavistic confines of his lost civilisation, to venture into the unknown world beyond the valley, a world of hope, and nightmare, too.
Twenty-one-year-old Chimal wants desperately to escape his native valley, home to an ancient Aztec civilization sealed off from the outside world. The valley is ruled by priests who enforce despotic laws and perpetuate a life of fear.
He wrote short science fiction stories and novels including Deathworld, Captive Universe, Montezuma's Revenge, Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers, Stonehenge, West of Eden, Stars and...
Sep 29, 2011 · Price: £4.99. ON SALE: 29th September 2011. Genre: Fiction & Related Items. ebook. Disclosure: If you buy products using the retailer buttons above, we may earn a commission from the retailers you visit. The valley was isolated in time and space, a land of barbarous science and human sacrifice.
