The Arrows of Time, 9780575105775
Paperback
After generations of travel, the spaceship Peerless may finally have achieved its goal - but the decision to return home may create more tensions than ever before.

The Arrows of Time

orthogonal book three

$57.12

  • Paperback

    368 pages

  • Release Date

    28 July 2014

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Summary

In an alien universe where space and time play by different rules, interstellar voyages last longer for the travellers than for those they left behind. After six generations in flight, the inhabitants of the mountain-sized spacecraft the Peerless have used their borrowed time to develop advanced technology that could save their home world from annihilation.

But not every traveller feels allegiance to a world they have never seen, and as tensions mount over the risks of turning th…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780575105775
ISBN-10:0575105771
Series:ORTHOGONAL
Author:Greg Egan
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Gollancz
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:368
Release Date:28 July 2014
Weight:278g
Dimensions:205mm x 167mm x 26mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Egan’s writing combines the hardest of science fiction with a clear-eyed compassion for the human condition - COSMOS

Egan is perhaps the most exciting SF writer at work today - DAILY TELEGRAPH

Greg Egan has given these alien characters wonderful life … This is a rich, complex and moving book - DARK MATTER

About The Author

Greg Egan

Greg Egan lives in Perth, Western Australia. He has won the JOHN W. CAMPBELL AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL and has been shortlisted for the HUGO AWARD three times.

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