 First edition | |
| Author | Alan Dean Foster |
|---|---|
| Cover artist | Jill Bauman |
| Language | English |
| Genre | science fiction |
| Publisher | Nelson Doubleday |
Publication date | 1983 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | 978-1587150494 |
The Man Who Used the Universe is a science fiction novel by Alan Dean Foster published in 1983.
The Man Who Used the Universe is a novel in which Kees vaan Loo-Macklin rises from being an illegal to a reach a position of high power. [1]
Ken Ramstead reviewed The Man Who Used the Universe in Ares Magazine #17 and commented that "Foster demands much credulity from his readers. But he also delivers much in return." [1]
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Reason is Life's sole arbiter, the magic Laby'rinth's single clue:
Worlds lie above, beyond its ken; what crosses it can ne'er be true.
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