Learning The World
A novel of first contact
$68.10
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2006
Summary
The great sunliner ‘But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!’ is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A ship-born generation is tense with expectation for the new system that is to be their home. Expecting to find nothing more complex than bacteria and algae, the detection of electronic signals from one of the planets comes as a shock. In millennia of slow expansion, humanity has never encountered aliens, and yet these new signals cannot be ignored. They suspect a fast robot probe has overta…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781841493442 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1841493449 |
| Author: | Ken MacLeod |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2006 |
| Weight: | 258g |
| Dimensions: | 176mm x 114mm x 28mm |
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Mind-expanding science fiction at its best; it is no surprise that it has been shortlisted for all the main science fiction awards. - THE TIMES
A charismatic, inventive story of space travel and discovery - SFXA beautiful piece of stylish writing… Gripping and convincing - STARBURSTKen MacLeod outdoes himself with Learning the World… don’t miss this one - ANALOGAbout The Author
Ken MacLeod
Ken MacLeod graduated from Glasgow University in 1976. He worked as a computer analyst in Edinburgh and now writes full time.
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