- Life on other planets, Fiction, Science fiction, Children's fiction
Four astronauts journey to a cold planet only thirty degrees above absolute zero and inhabited by tiny aliens who have created a complex civilization.
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Classical in form, earnest, cool and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
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About the book
- Author
- Robert L. Forward
- First published
- 1993
- Pages
- 314
- Publisher
- TOR, Tor Books
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780812516470
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