| Title : | Firstborn : A time Odyssey: Book three | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Arthur C. Clarke, Author ; Stephen Baxter, Author | | Publisher: | London : Gollancz | | Publication Date: | 2009 | | Pagination: | 379 p. | | Size: | 17.7 cm. | | Price: | 395 Bht. | | Languages : | English (eng) | | Descriptors: | [LCSH]Science fiction
| | Abstract: | The Firstborn – the builders of the iconic black monolith - inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s writing for decades. With Time’s Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization.
First came the Discontinuity, in which Earth was carved into sections from different eras of history, restitched into a patchwork world, and renamed Mir. Mir’s inhabitants included such notables as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and United Nations peacekeeper Bisesa Dutt. For reasons unknown to her, Bisesa entered into communication with an alien artifact of inscrutable purpose and godlike power–a power that eventually returned her to Earth. There, she played an instrumental role in humanity’s race against time to stop a doomsday event: a massive solar storm triggered by the alien Firstborn designed to eradicate all life from the planet. That fate was averted at an inconceivable price. Now, twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back.
This time, they are pulling no punches: They have sent a quantum bomb. Speeding toward Earth, it cannot be stopped or destroyed. The end seems inevitable. But as shocking new insights emerge into the nature of the Firstborn and their chilling plans for mankind, an unexpected ally appears from light-years away. | | Curricular : | BALA/MTEIL | | Record link: | http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27753 |
Firstborn : A time Odyssey: Book three [printed text] / Arthur C. Clarke, Author ; Stephen Baxter, Author . - London : Gollancz, 2009 . - 379 p. ; 17.7 cm. 395 Bht. Languages : English ( eng) | Descriptors: | [LCSH]Science fiction
| | Abstract: | The Firstborn – the builders of the iconic black monolith - inhabited legendary master of science fiction Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s writing for decades. With Time’s Eye and Sunstorm, the first two books in their acclaimed Time Odyssey series, Clarke and his brilliant co-author Stephen Baxter imagined a near-future in which the Firstborn seek to stop the advance of human civilization.
First came the Discontinuity, in which Earth was carved into sections from different eras of history, restitched into a patchwork world, and renamed Mir. Mir’s inhabitants included such notables as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and United Nations peacekeeper Bisesa Dutt. For reasons unknown to her, Bisesa entered into communication with an alien artifact of inscrutable purpose and godlike power–a power that eventually returned her to Earth. There, she played an instrumental role in humanity’s race against time to stop a doomsday event: a massive solar storm triggered by the alien Firstborn designed to eradicate all life from the planet. That fate was averted at an inconceivable price. Now, twenty-seven years later, the Firstborn are back.
This time, they are pulling no punches: They have sent a quantum bomb. Speeding toward Earth, it cannot be stopped or destroyed. The end seems inevitable. But as shocking new insights emerge into the nature of the Firstborn and their chilling plans for mankind, an unexpected ally appears from light-years away. | | Curricular : | BALA/MTEIL | | Record link: | http://libsearch.siu.ac.th/siu/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=27753 |
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