- Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Space flight
The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive they received from the center of the galaxy contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence knows as The Machine. But to build this computer the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind.
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Epic, contemporary, classical in form and cool.
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
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- First published
- 2013
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Goldmann Verlag, L'Atalante, Transworld Publishers Limited
- Editions
- 16
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9788380971394
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Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE more commonly known as Terry Pratchett, was an English novelist, known for his frequently comical work in the fantasy genre. He is best-known for his popular and long-running Discworld series of comic fantasy novels. Pratchett's first novel, *The Carpet People*, was published in 1971, and since his first Discworld novel (*The Colour of Magic*) was published in 1983, he has written two books a year on average. Pratchett was the UK's best-selling author of the 1990s, and as of December 2007 had sold more than 55 million books worldwide, with translations made into 36 languages. He is currently the second most-read writer in the UK, and seventh most-read no
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