A Heritage of Stars

by Clifford D. Simak

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A man hunts for lost knowledge in a future society that's reverted to a primitive tribal state in this novel by the author of Way Station.

More than a thousand years have passed since humankind intentionally destroyed its treacherous technology, choosing to revert back to a primitive tribal state. In this society the rusting brain cases of long-inert robots are considered trophies, and the scant knowledge that has survived is doled out to an inquisitive few in monastery-like "universities." It is at one such center of learning that young Tom Cushing first reads of the legendary "Place of...Read more
  • ISBN10 0399119469
  • ISBN13 9780399119460
  • Publish Date 1 January 1977
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 6 May 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Penguin Putnam Inc
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 219
  • Language English