| Fire Time | |
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Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author(s) | Poul Anderson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Doubleday |
| Publication date | 1974 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 210 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-385-05582-X |
| OCLC Number | 1063757 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.5/4 |
| LC Classification | PZ4.A549 Fi PS3551.N378 |
Fire Time is a science fiction novel by Poul Anderson, first published in 1974. It was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1975.[1]
Fire Time takes place on the planet Ishtar, whose peculiar orbit around three stars (Bel, Ea, and Anu) results in the "Fire Time", a dramatic increase in heat every thousand years. As the northern hemisphere heats up, large numbers of Ishtarians flee south, leading to a collapse of civilization. The presence of visitors from Earth (also engaged in their own war off-planet) raises the prospect of changing the dynamics of history.