A Thousand Deaths
This volume of science fiction thrillers contains a novel and seven short stories centered on the semi-autobiographical character Sandor Courane. The collection’s feature novel, The Wolves of Memory, paints a world where Earth’s governing body, the Representatives, has relinquished control to an increasingly intelligent and self-aware computer known as TECT. Deemed a social misfit and banished from Earth to Planet D for his inability to fall in line, Sandor finds the new planet’s idyllic environment and fulfilling lifestyle to his liking — at first. Upon discovering that all of the inhabitants of Planet D succumb to an insidious, debilitating disease, Sandor embarks on a race against time to discover the meaning behind Planet D, the motives of TECT, and the mysterious malady. Utilizing a unique approach with the use of flashbacks, this powerful story, with poignant and sardonic tones, is a heartrending display of one man’s pain and absolution.
Contents:
- Editor's Notes and Acknowledgments by Marty Halpern
- Introduction by Mike Resnick
- The Wolves of Memory (a novel)
- Fatal Disk Error
- In the Wings
- From the Desk Of
- The Wicked Old Witch
- Mango Red Goes to War
- The Thing from the Slush
- Posterity
- Afterword by Andrew Fox
George Alec Effinger
George Alec Effinger (1947–2002) was an American science fiction author, born in 1947 in Cleveland, Ohio.
Sandor Courane
Sandor Courane consists of 2 total books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

