The Thousand Earths
In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.<BR><BR> In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.<BR><BR> Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller - beginning his travels with an expedition to Neptune and back - but, thanks to the time-dilation effect, a time traveller as well. His new mission will take him to Andromeda, to get a close-up look at the constellation which will eventually crash into the Milky Way, and give humanity a heads-up about the challenges which are coming.<BR><BR> A mission which will take him five million years to complete.<BR><BR> Not only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.<BR><BR> Mela's world is coming to an end. Erosion is eating away at the edges of every landmass - first at a rate of ten metres a year, but fast accelerating, displacing people and animals as the rising Tide destroys everything in its path. Putting more and more pressure on the people - and resources - which remain.<BR><BR> She and her people have always known that this long-predicted end to their home, one of the Thousand Earths, is coming - but that makes their fight to survive, to protect each other, no less desperate . . . and no less doomed.<BR><BR> A beautiful, page-turning story which interweaves the tale of these two characters, separated by both space and time, in a hopeful exploration of humanities' future, this is Stephen Baxter at his best.
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In 2145AD John Hackett's adventure is just beginning.<BR><BR> In Year 30, Mela's story is coming to a close.<BR><BR> Hackett, in his trusty ship the Perseus, is not just a space traveller - beginning his travels with an expedition to Neptune and back - but, thanks to the time-dilation effect, a time traveller as well. His new mission will take him to Andromeda, to get a close-up look at the constellation which will eventually crash into the Milky Way, and give humanity a heads-up about the challenges which are coming.<BR><BR> A mission which will take him five million years to complete.<BR><BR> Not only is Hackett exploring unknown space, but he will return to a vastly different time.<BR><BR> Mela's world is coming to an end. Erosion is eating away at the edges of every landmass - first at a rate of ten metres a year, but fast accelerating, displacing people and animals as the rising Tide destroys everything in its path. Putting more and more pressure on the people - and resources - which remain.<BR><BR> She and her people have always known that this long-predicted end to their home, one of the Thousand Earths, is coming - but that makes their fight to survive, to protect each other, no less desperate . . . and no less doomed.<BR><BR> A beautiful, page-turning story which interweaves the tale of these two characters, separated by both space and time, in a hopeful exploration of humanities' future, this is Stephen Baxter at his best.
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197 mm | 129 mm | 41 mm | 410 gr
Erscheinungsjahr
2023
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Orion Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1473228921
ISBN-13
9781473228924
Autor
Stephen Baxter
Sprache
Englisch
Seitenanzahl
592
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Moderne und zeitgenössische Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch, Science-Fiction: Weltraumoper, Space Opera, Science-Fiction: Weltraumerforschung, Science-Fiction: Zeitreisen / Zeitsprünge
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