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The Memory of Whiteness

(1985)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1987 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee)
1986 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (nominee)

Arthur Holywelkin, a brilliant physicist, devoted the last years of his life to creating a strange, beautiful musical instrument called The Orchestra. Hundreds of years later, in a universe centered around music, Johannes Wright is chosen as the Ninth Master of Holywelkin's Orchestra. Wright must travel the solar system pursued by enemies in the name of a destiny he understands only imperfectly.


Genre: Science Fiction

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