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The Stochastic Man

Robert Silverberg

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Published 1975 by Harper & Row · 229 pages

Hugo Nominee 1976Nebula Nominee 1976
Science Fiction

Synopsis

Lew Nichols is a brilliant urban planner and statistical forecaster working for a New York City mayoral candidate with presidential ambitions. When he meets a man who possesses genuine precognitive abilities, Nichols becomes obsessed with the power of true prophecy, only to discover that knowing the future may rob life of all free will and meaning.

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US

ISBN

9780060138684

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