- Fiction, Science Fiction, Fiction, science fiction, general, Priscilla Hutchins (Fictitious character)
The universe has been explored--and humanity has all but given up on finding other intelligent life. Then an alien satellite orbiting a distant star sends out an unreadable signal. Is it the final programmed gasp of an ancient, long-dead race? Or the first greeting of an undiscovered life form?
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
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- Author
- Jack McDevitt
- First published
- 2002
- Pages
- 403
- Publisher
- Penguin Group USA, Inc., Ace Books, Ace
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780441011025
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Jack McDevitt (born April 14, 1935) is an American science fiction author.
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