Not a science-fiction book, but an epic none the less, this is the story of our hero Jim Luck, wandering off to search for himself in the era of the sexual revolution, the LSD craze, and the War in Vietnam, all of which shaped him, and me, and a good part of the Baby Boom generation. Part One-Last Days in Mordor-finds Jim living in an East Village fiat, a So-Ho storefront, and a Chinatown loft in New York with artists and musicians. Part Two-There and Back Again-chronicies his adventures hitch-hiking from New England to San Francisco, working as a dishwasher, a gardener, a stable hand, and a newspaper copy boy. Part Three-The Last Homely House at the Edge of the War-concerns the profusion of quasi-religious communi- ties that spread like wildflowers in both the USA and Canada at the time, and Jim's life in a war-resisters commune in Montreal, trying to help deserters from the Vietnam Debacle.
