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The Clockwork Rocket

Egan, Greg, 1961- Book - 2011 Science Fiction 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 5 out of 5

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"In Yalda's universe, light has no universal speed and its creation generates energy. On Yalda's world, plants make food by emitting their own light into the dark night sky. As a child, Yalda witnesses one of a series of strange meteors, the Hurtlers, that are entering the planetary system at an immense, unprecedented speed. It becomes apparent that her world is in imminent danger--and the task of dealing with the Hurtlers will require knowledge and technology far beyond anything her civilization has yet achieved! Only one solution seems tenable: if a spacecraft can be sent on a journey at sufficiently high speed, its trip will last many generations for those on board, but it will return after just a few years have passed at home. The travelers will have a chance to discover the science their planet urgently needs, and bring it back in time to avert disaster."--Dust jacket flap.

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PUBLISHED
San Francisco, CA : Night Shade, 2011.
Year Published: 2011
Description: 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book

ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781597802277
1597802271

SUBJECTS
Space flight -- Fiction.
Meteors -- Fiction.
Technology -- Fiction.
Science fiction.