I have a box set of all the books in the series that&#x27;s followed me around unread since ~1985. I don&#x27;t remember why I have them, but all this time I thought they were some hard fantasy yarn based in some non-earth universe. By the mid 80&#x27;s I&#x27;d kinda had my fill of fantasy after finishing the Thomas Covenant tomes, and couldn&#x27;t care less if I&#x27;d never again bump into another hobbit, giant, orc, dragon, wizard or demented evil soul who&#x27;s burning desire is to lay waste to the earth.<p>I had no idea The Saga of the Exiles was about a bunch of time travellers and aliens set in the Pliocene era. I am definitely going to give this a shot now.