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Originally published as an interactive novel on computer disk in 1986, Portal is the story of an astronaut who returns to earth from a mysteriously aborted mission prematurely awakened from suspended animation. One hundred years have passed; animals and plants thrive, cities stand intact. Every human being however has disappeared.
With the help of a slowly-reviving computer network, the astronaut begins to piece together the events of the last century. He learns of the child prodigy Peter Devore, of a world orchestrated by stunning new technologies, and of Peter's race against time to unlock the secrets of the Portal.
Genre: Science Fiction
With the help of a slowly-reviving computer network, the astronaut begins to piece together the events of the last century. He learns of the child prodigy Peter Devore, of a world orchestrated by stunning new technologies, and of Peter's race against time to unlock the secrets of the Portal.
Genre: Science Fiction
Used availability for Rob Swigart's Portal
Hardback Editions
February 1988 : USA Hardback
Paperback Editions
January 2005 : USA Paperback
October 2001 : USA Paperback

Title: Portal: A Dataspace Retrieval
Author(s): Rob Swigart
ISBN: 0-595-19784-1 / 978-0-595-19784-2 (USA edition)
Publisher: iUniverse
Availability: Amazon UK
December 1989 : UK Paperback