The clockwork rocket /
Egan, Greg, 1961-
The clockwork rocket / Greg Egan. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Night Shade, c2011. - 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Orthogonal ; bk. 1 . - Egan, Greg, 1961- Orthogonal; bk. 1. .
Book one: the clockwork rocket -- Appendix 1: units and measurements -- Appendix 2: light and colors -- Afterword.
"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.
1597802271 (hbk.) 9781597802277 (hbk.)
015762728 Uk
Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
Meteors--Fiction.
Space flight--Fiction.
Technology--Fiction.
Science fiction, Australian.
Science fiction.
The clockwork rocket / Greg Egan. - 1st ed. - San Francisco, CA : Night Shade, c2011. - 328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Orthogonal ; bk. 1 . - Egan, Greg, 1961- Orthogonal; bk. 1. .
Book one: the clockwork rocket -- Appendix 1: units and measurements -- Appendix 2: light and colors -- Afterword.
"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.
1597802271 (hbk.) 9781597802277 (hbk.)
015762728 Uk
Extraterrestrial beings--Fiction.
Meteors--Fiction.
Space flight--Fiction.
Technology--Fiction.
Science fiction, Australian.
Science fiction.