Gérard Klein
Gérard Klein (born in 1937) is a French science fiction author. He is also known as Gilles d'Argyre.
The Mote in Time's Eye
Original title: Les Tueurs de Temps. Translated into English in 1975.
Shangrin was the captain of the most advanced starliner of a thousand thousand centuries from now. His vessel was between the Magellanic galaxies when it became a casualty of a war between the ultimate powers of the Last Days.
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