Plato, Buddha, Christ--what brings these men to the far future to
witness the end of the world?
Ten billion days--that is how long it will take the philosopher Plato to
determine the true systems of the world. One hundred billion
nights--that is how far into the future he and Christ and Siddhartha
will travel to witness the end of the world and also its fiery birth.
Named the greatest Japanese science fiction novel of all time, Ten
Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights is an epic eons in the
making. Originally published in 1967, the novel was revised by the
author in later years and republished in 1973.
"'Ten Billion Days and One Hundred Billion Nights, ' that's a lot of
time, but Ryu Mitsuse covers all of it in under 300 pages, and the
result is quite fabulous." -Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered