Thebes of the Hundred Gates
by Robert Silverberg
Form: Novel
Year: 1991
ID: 1143
Publication history:
- 1991: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, Axolotl Trade paperback, 110 pp.
- 1991: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, Axolotl Hard cover book, 110 pp.
- 1991: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, Axolotl Hard cover book, 110 pp.
- 1992: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, Bantam Mass market paperback, ISBN 0-553-29494-6, 116 pp.
- 1992: Tre Viaggi nello Spazio-Tempo, , in Italian as Tebe dalle cento porte
- 1993: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, HarperCollins UK Hard cover book, 120 pp.
- 1994: Tebas das Mil Portas, Mass market paperback, ISBN 972-1-03712-5, in Portuguese as Tebas Das Mil Portas
- 1994: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, HarperCollins UK Mass market paperback, 120 pp.
- 1998: Tebas de las Cien Puertas, Grijalbo Mondadori Mass market paperback, ISBN 8425326885
- 1999: Thèbes aux cent portes, J'ai lu Mass market paperback, ISBN 2277232270, 317 pp., in French as Thbes aux cent portes
- 2000: Thebes of the Hundred Gates, Fictionwise Online
Blurb:
(from Bantam 1992)
At twenty-seven, Edward Davis was a promising rookie in the Time Service. He had already made jumps into the past of two, three, and six centuries, but not even the most rigorous training could prepare him for a leap of 35C all the way back to Eighteenth Dynasty Egypt. In the blink of an eye, he finds himself in a world of temples and tombs, pharaohs and pyramids, jackal-headed gods, mummies, and talking beetles. For it is here in the heat and bustle of the teeming ancient city of Thebes that he must rescue two members of the Service lost in time. Taken in by a mysterious temple priestess and befriended by a beautiful Egyptian slave girl, Davis is sent across the Nile to the City of the Dead to learn the trade of the embalmers. But as the hour of his scheduled rendezvous with his own age rapidly approaches, Edward Davis comes face-to-face with the shattering truth behind the fate of his former comrades—and the intoxicating, seductive allure of Egypt.
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Comments:
This is quite an enjoyable read, fascinating in historical detail and character development. The time travel scenario is reminiscent of
. The cover blurb is pretty accurate, though I don't remember talking beetles (maybe I wasn't paying attention).