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Description edit
The long-awaited new novel by the award-winning, bestselling author of Startide Rising and The Uplift War--an epic novel set fifty years from tomorrow, a carefully-reasoned, scientifically faithful tale of the fate of our world. "One hell of a novel . . . has what sci-fi readers want these... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Teresa Tikhana: Add a description of this character.
- Alex Lustig
- Glenn Spivey
- Nelson
- Stan Goldman
- Roland
- George Hutton
- Mark Randall
- Remi
- Pedro Manella
- Claire
- Voyager
- Daisy Mcclennon
- Pedro Mane Ila
- Logan
- Jason
- Crat
- Chang
- Jen Wolling
- Tony
- Joseph
- Kenda
- Adam
- Keli
- Schmidt
- Terry
- Kapur
- Pauline
- Mugabe
- Wu
- David Brin
- Kuwenezi
- Reim
- Russ
Setting & Locations edit
- New Zealand
- Greenland
- Beta
- Earth
- Southern Africa
- Indiana
- Iquitos
- Patagonia
- Easter Island
- Dacca
- North America
- Tangoparu
- China
- New Guinea
- Congo
- Canada
- California
- Rotorua
- Auckland
- Peru
- Antarctica
- London
- Washington
- Japan
- Iceland
- Gala
- Pacific
- Sauvel
- Europe
- Houston
- Hawaii
- Bloomington
- Mississippi
- Louisiana
- Erehwon
- Oregon
- Spain
First Sentence edit
An angry deity glowered at Alex.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Brin (Author)
First Edition edit
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Page Count: 678
Publisher: Add the publisher.
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Page Count: 678
Awards edit
- Locus Science Fiction Award (Finalist, 1991)
- Hugo Award (Finalist, 1991: Best Novel)
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 813
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