The Clockwork Rocket
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780575095113 (0575095113)
Publish date: September 15th 2011
Publisher: Orion/Gollancz
Pages no: 512
Edition language: English
Series: Orthogonal (#1)
In one sense this is the most ambitious SF novel I've ever read. In every other it's kinda insipid. That one sense? The science! Generally, SF that isn't actually Engineering Fiction or (the very rare) Mathematics Fiction or Alternative History does its science by saying those scientific laws you kn...
So I don't know if anyone's been following the shitstorm that was the Hugos this year, but anyone who thought the Puppies had even a shred of a point needs to read The Clockwork Rocket immediately. Because Egan's book is awesome (notwithstanding that heinous cover). The Clockwork Rocket is set i...