Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future
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| Author | Mike Resnick |
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| Genre | Science fiction |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
Publication date | September 1, 1988 |
| ISBN | 978-0-312-93093-6 |
Ivory: A Legend of Past and Future is a science fiction novel (or a novel-like series of vignettes) by American writer Mike Resnick, published in 1988. Set in Resnick's Birthright Universe, it describes the fictional past and future history of the (real) Kilimanjaro Tusks and those who own them.
Duncan Rojas, a detective-like researcher, is hired by Bukoba Mandaka, the last of the Maasai people (and one of richest persons in the galaxy), to find the famous Kilimanjaro Tusks. Fragments of the history of the tusks and their owners are established by Rojas's research in future internet-like databases and are presented in the form of a series of vignettes.