Vast
by:
Linda Nagata (author)
Dethroned cult leader Lot Apollinario and his companions have left the sky-city of Silk with a mission. They aim to find the Chenzeme--the mysterious race that annihilated most sentient life in the galaxy many thousands of millennia ago--whose automated weapons still destroy all they meet. Yet...
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Dethroned cult leader Lot Apollinario and his companions have left the sky-city of Silk with a mission. They aim to find the Chenzeme--the mysterious race that annihilated most sentient life in the galaxy many thousands of millennia ago--whose automated weapons still destroy all they meet. Yet life beyond the known fringes of "civilized" space is a strange and wild thing, and the heroes are unprepared for the wonders--and horrors--that wait in the vastness.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780553576306 (0553576305)
Publish date: August 3rd 1998
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
Series: The Nanotech Succession (#4)
I picked up Vast after a few commentors on Charlie Stross' blog recommended Linda Nagata's work, and while epic post-humanity fiction isn't exactly my sweet spot, Nagata writes so forcefully and clearly that I finished the book right away. Nagata's characters are lively and flawed (making them rec...
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