Science Fiction · TenseA wandering planet enters the Solar System, and disconnected groups of people cope with what follows
The Wanderer
by Fritz Leiber
A rogue planet arrives, and the story follows many groups at once
Ballantine Books published the novel in 1964 as a paperback original, not serialized in a magazine. It is set a few years after its publication, in a future with an ongoing Space Race. A wandering planet enters the Solar System and affects people across Earth. The narrative follows several disconnected groups as they cope. Paul Hagbolt, Margo Gelhorn and Don Merriam are among its characters. The first edition has 318 pages.
More about this book
Who
Paul Hagbolt, Margo Gelhorn and Don Merriam, among many others.
World
Earth a few years after 1964, with a Space Race under way.
What makes it different
It was the first novel to win the Hugo without previously appearing in hardcover or in a genre magazine. It was reissued in hardcover by Walker & Co. in 1969.
Feel
Wide-angle and tense.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- The WandererWikipedia