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Author | : Michael D. O'Brien |
Publisher | : Ignatius Press |
Total Pages | : 765 |
Release | : 2013-11-04 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1681496143 |
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Set eighty years in the future, this novel by the best-selling author Michael O'Brien is about an expedition sent from the planet Earth to Alpha Centauri, the star closest to our solar system. The Kosmos, a great ship that the central character Neil de Hoyos describes as a "flying city", is immense in size and capable of more than half light-speed. Hoyos is a Nobel Prize winning physicist who has played a major role in designing the ship. Hoyos has signed on as a passenger because he desires to escape the seemingly benign totalitarian government that controls everything on his home planet. He is a skeptical and quirky misanthropic humanist with old tragedies, loves, and hatreds that are secreted in his memory. The surprises that await him on the voyage-and its destination-will shatter all of his assumptions and point him to a true new horizon. Science fiction and fantasy literature are genres that have become dominant forces in contemporary worldwide culture. Our fascination with the near-angelic powers of new technology, its benefits and dangers, its potential for obsession and catastrophe, raises vital questions that this work explores about human nature and the cosmos, about man's image of himself and where he is going-and why he seeks to go there.
Author | : Fritz Reichert |
Publisher | : iUniverse |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2007-12 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0595423019 |
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In the year 2044, scientists have revealed new advances to extend the longevity of human life. Within the next years the world's population explodes by more than one billion people each year. Though millions live already deep under the moon's surface, it becomes necessary to search for planets outside our solar system. Tim Turner, a teacher and scientist, tackles this mission by traveling to the sun's next star, Alpha Centauri. The isolation of his task drives him to the edge of lunacy, but what he discovers could prevent the human race from destroying itself. When Turner returns to Earth thirty-six years later, he comes back to an unthinkable situation. What has happened during his absence-and what has become of the two women he loves most? A tantalizing mix of science fiction and love story, Dangerous Voyage to Alpha Centauri poses a fascinating question: Could this plot become a reality for the Earth and its residents in the not-so-distant future?
Author | : John W. Macvey |
Publisher | : New York : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Extraterrestrial anthropology |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : KEN CROSWELL, PH. D. |
Publisher | : |
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Release | : |
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ISBN | : 9781683291862 |
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Author | : Sean Joseph Barry |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Space ships |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : A. Ahad |
Publisher | : Publishamerica Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781424138333 |
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Itas been two years since the Centauri Princess was plagued by a series of attacks from mysterious, winged wolf-like creatures arriving from the interstellar night. Having eliminated the threat, the lonely ark is again cruising on her silent voyage towards a near-infinitely far destination. In the midst of this sereneness, what could possibly go wrong? In the immense ocean of darkness beyond our solar system, a mining expedition is dispatched to an ice world found drifting in the Oort cloud to replenish the ark shipas uranium reserves. There, the expedition encounters mysterious revelations inside a acity of lights.a They discover something seductively beautiful yet viciously deadly. At the same time, the secret offers a solution that proves priceless to the multi-generational colony crew, eager to reach their unreachable destination in a single generation. In the end, a deadly struggle ensues amongst the arkas own crew in their quest for immortalitya]
Author | : Rolf A. F. Witzsche |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2004-03-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1897046359 |
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A SCIFI novel with a twist. This is Science Fiction about a space voyage to Alpha Centauri with a touch of reality. Alpha Centauri is the nearest solar system to our own. It has three suns and is located a mere 4.35 light years from earth. But how to get there! --Can you imagine the logistics involved in mounting a multiyear space mission, complete with the needed food resources? In building the technologies for such a voyage we have to bow to the physics of the universe. In that domain we cannot cheat. -- However, we also live in a second universe, the mental universe, the universe of ideas. Here a 'space' voyage is not bound to inherent limits, not even the limits imposed by distance. The concept of distance becomes unknown. This also applies socially, sexually, and romantically. In the novel both worlds become gradually combined. One of the two stands in metaphor in order that the two worlds can interact and enrich one another.
Author | : Mary Doria Russell |
Publisher | : Ballantine Books |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 2008-05-27 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0345510887 |
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A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: to make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end. Praise for The Sparrow “A startling, engrossing, and moral work of fiction.”—The New York Times Book Review “Important novels leave deep cracks in our beliefs, our prejudices, and our blinders. The Sparrow is one of them.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful . . . The Sparrow tackles a difficult subject with grace and intelligence.”—San Francisco Chronicle “Provocative, challenging . . . recalls both Arthur C. Clarke and H. G. Wells, with a dash of Ray Bradbury for good measure.”—The Dallas Morning News “[Mary Doria] Russell shows herself to be a skillful storyteller who subtly and expertly builds suspense.”—USA Today
Author | : John Wishart MACVEY |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 1969 |
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Author | : Robert Silverberg |
Publisher | : Hachette UK |
Total Pages | : 91 |
Release | : 2011-09-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0575105852 |
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Robert Silverberg's debut novel, first published in 1955.