Word: aeon
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...companion, Valentinus, travels to Lucifer to regain the memory of his past life, that of a second-century seer of the Gnostic sect. Valentinus is equally faceless, and takes no interest in the fate of his friend. The two travel from world to world courtesy of Olam--an Aeon, one of the super-natural beings of the Gnostic mythos. Curiously, Olam is the most well-characterized of the three, revealing touches of peevishness that are the only human moments in the book...
...tome that lists the year-by-year performance statistics for almost every man and child (Joe Nuxhall was only 16 when he pitched for Cincinnati) who ever played in the major leagues. The current (third) edition is now being sold out. There will not be another until 1980 -an aeon away to the true baseball nut. who relies upon the book for sooth as well as solace...