The Boat of a Million Years Author:Poul Anderson Others have written science fiction on the theme of immortality, but in The Boat of a Million Years, Poul Anderson made it his own. Early in human history, certain individuals were born who live on -- unaging, undying -- through the centuries and millennia. This story follows them over two thousand years, up to our time and beyond -- to the prom... more »ise of utopia, and to the challenge of the stars.
A milestone in modern science fiction and a New York Times Notable Book when first published in 1989, this is one of a great writer's finest works.« less
A searing ride through our human past and future. Makes us feel the passions of these few immortals, and wonder at where destiny eventually takes them. A must read..............
The story was good but it took it awhile to get started. The story line jumped enough that the book tended to get confusing to me. I liked the story, but one reading was enough for me.