- Fiction, science fiction, general, Space colonies, Fiction, Life on other planets
As the humans of Earth finally achieve space travel, they discover that the universe is filled with an infinite variety of intelligent alien life and that they have become pawns in the deadly wars of the alien gods.
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Epic, contemporary, classical in form and grave.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Ken MacLeod
- First published
- 2001
- Pages
- 292
- Publisher
- Orbit, Tom Doherty Associates Book/Tor, Tom Doherty Associates book/Tor
- Editions
- 8
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780765344960
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“RAWLISTON SPRAWLS; from space it's a grubby smudge, staining the glassy clarity of the atmosphere along fifty kilometers of coastline.”
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