The big time
by Fritz Leiber
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"Have you ever worried about your memory because it doesn't seem to recall exactly the same past from one day to the next? Have you ever thought you might be changing because of forces beyond your control? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy, mixed-up dream? If you have, then you've had hints of the Change War.".
"It's been going on for a billion years and it'll last another billion or so. Up and down the timeline, the two sides - "Spiders" and "Snakes" - battle endlessly to change the future and the past. Our lives, our memories, are their battleground. And in the midst of the war is the Place, outside space and time, where Greta Forzane and the other Entertainers provide solace and R and R for tired time warriors."--BOOK JACKET.
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Fantasy fiction, Science fiction, War stories, Fiction, science fiction, general, Hugo Award Winner, award:hugo_award=1958, award:hugo_award=novel, American Science fiction, Fiction in English, Time travel, Fiction, Imaginary wars and battles, Soldiers, Voyages dans le temps, Romans, nouvelles, Guerres et batailles imaginaires, Fiction, generalShowing 7 featured editions. View all 39 editions?
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"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
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From back cover Ace paperback December 1982:
This is war: The biggest, longest war that anyone could imagine. The soldiers are recruited at the moment of death to fight through all of time. The goal is to change the past, and insure victory in the future.
The Change Winds are blowing. Welcome to the Big Time.
"Have you ever worried about your memory, because it doesn't seem to be bringing you the same picture of the past from one day to the next? Have you ever been afraid that your personality was changing because of forces beyond your knowledge or control? Have you ever felt sure that sudden death was about to jump you from nowhere? Have you ever thought that the whole universe might be a crazy mixed-up dream? If you have, you've had hints of the Change War."
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