Pandora's Star - Hardcover

Hamilton, Peter F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1405000198 ISBN 13: 9781405000192

Publisher: Tor, 2004

Synopsis

In AD 2329, humanity has colonised over four hundred planets, all of them interlinked by wormholes. With Earth at its centre, the Intersolar Commonwealth now occupies a sphere of space approximately four hundred light years across.

When an astronomer on the outermost world of Gralmond, observes a star 2000 light years distant - and then a neighbouring one - vanish, it is time for the Commonwealth to discover what happened to them. For what if their disappearance indicates some kind of galactic conflict? Since a conventional wormhole cannot be used to reach these vanished stars, for the first time humans need to build a faster-than-light starship, the Second Chance. But it arrives to find each 'vanished' star encased in a giant force field -- and within one of them resides a massive alien civilisation.

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Review:

" The depth and clarity of the future Hamilton envisions is as complex and involving as they come." -- "Publishers Weekly "(starred review) " The author's expansive vision of the future combines action and intrigue on a panoramic scale." "-- Library Journal "" Astounding . . . Thrilling . . . Hamilton uses technology to excellent effect." "-- Science Fiction Age "" Shows how thought-provoking yet entertaining science fiction can be. Some of the best fiction . . . in years." "-- Midwest Book Review "" [Hamilton is] taking on one of sf's (and maybe all of literature' s) primal jobs: the creation of a world with the scale and complexity of the real one." -- "Locus "" [Hamilton is] a rare talent." "-- The Denver Post" "From the Hardcover edition."

Book Description:

Britain's bestselling SF writer returns to outer space.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1405000198
• ISBN 13: 9781405000192
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 896