Doorways in the Sand

<p><strong>The most playful - and arguably most accessible - novel by the master of inventive science fiction.</strong> </p><p><br></p><p>Humanity is not alone in the cosmos. The aliens have given a precious relic to the people of Earth: <strong>star-stone</strong>. But the harmony of the galaxy is endangered when they discover that the star-stone has disappeared.</p><p><br></p><p>Likeable Fred Cassidy is an eternal undergraduate. All he thinks he knows about the star-stone is that it came to Earth in an interplanetary trade for the <em>Mona Lisa</em> and the British Crown jewels.</p><p><br></p><p>When Fred is accused of stealing the cosmic artefact, he is pursued from Australia to Greenwich Village and beyond, by telepathic psychologists, extra-terrestrial hoodlums and galactic police in disguise. Follow him on his adventures as he enters multiple realities, flipping in and out of alien perspectives, through <strong>doorways in the sand</strong>. </p><h3><br></h3><h3>Praise for <em>Doorways in the Sand</em>:</h3><p>"A wonderful book from Zelazny's best period - with <strong>a rollercoaster plot and some terrific jokes</strong>."</p><p>"<strong>If you've never read it, you really must.</strong> Come one - there's a talking wombat. Need I say more?"</p><p>"<em>Doorways in the Sand</em> is <strong>vintage Zelazny</strong>, which is to say it is like taking a course in philosophy while crawling about between the gargoyles on the cathedral of Life, dodging the slings and death-rays of outrageous villains, some of them bug-eyed monsters."</p><p>"<strong>If you don't like it</strong> I'm sorry to say there is something wrong with you, <strong>you may have to re-incarnate</strong>."</p><h3><br></h3><h3>Editorial reviews:</h3><p>"<strong>Ingenious</strong>." <em>The New York Times</em></p><p>"One of the highest tributes I have ever heard paid to a writer lies in the words of a young lady who said, 'I knew, halfway through the second paragraph, that I was in good hands.' Science fiction has produced many such hands, and <strong>I genuinely envy those who encounter Roger Zelazny</strong>." Theodore Sturgeon, <em>The New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"That <strong>rarest of creatures in science fiction, the original character</strong>, emerges in Roger Zelazny's <em>Doorways in the Sand</em>." <em>Chicago Daily News</em></p>