by John Brunner · Nova. Ciencia Ficción. Ediciones B. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788440653260
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«El crisol del tiempo» is the science fiction novel by John Brunner, published by Nova (Ediciones B), in paperback, 430 pages, in Spanish.
On a planet doomed because its star crosses a dangerous region of the galactic spiral arm, the intelligent species, arisen from the plant world and without a skeleton, with a single eye and a keen sense of climate, evolves from primitive superstitions to mastering biological technology and space travel, the only salvation.
Novel originally published in English as The Crucible of Time in 1983; this Spanish edition is from 1995 and belongs to the Nova collection of Ediciones B.
For science fiction readers interested in non-human aliens, cultural evolution, and multigenerational sagas.
John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for best science fiction novel and the BSFA Award the same year. The Jagged Orbit won the BSFA Award in 1970. His first novel, Galactic Storm, was written under the pen-name Gill Hunt when he was seventeen. He did not start writing full-time until 1958, some years after his military service.
