Sailing Bright Eternity - Softcover

Benford, Gregory

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446611522 ISBN 13: 9780446611527

Publisher: Aspect, 2005

Synopsis

This new, special edition of the classic concluding volume of this defining series by the eminent physicist and Nebula Award-winning author contains a teaser chapter from Benford's new hardcover, "The Sunborn."

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Galactic Center saga has been widely acclaimed as one of the most important science fiction sagas of all time, and Gregory Benford has been called the heir apparent to writers like Isaac Asimov and Robert Heinlein. Now he follows his stunning Furious Gulf with the sixth and final novel in the saga: Sailing Bright Eternity. The slaughter has begun. The mechs -- violent artificial intelligences dedicated to the total destruction of the human race -- have ravaged humanity's planets throughout the galaxy, forcing the survivors to flee to the Esty, a strange space-time continuum constructed by ancient beings near the galaxy's True Center. In the Esty, the battered human race makes its final stand against the relentless mechs. It soon becomes hideously clear that young warrior Toby Bishop, his father Killeen, and his grandfather have become special targets that the mechs' terrifying design involves their capture, torture, and extinction. Grand and majestic, Sailing Bright Eternity is a triumphant finale to the Galactic Center cycle, in which Benford explores both the boundaries of the universe and the frontiers of the human heart. "...in the rapidly shrinking field of 'hard SF,' Benford is just about the best novelist now at work." -- The Washington Post.

About the Author:

Gregory Benford is a professor of physics at the University of California at Irvine as well as a critically acclaimed author of science fiction. He is also the editor of Nebula Awards Showcase 2000. He lives with his wife in Laguna Beach, California.

About this edition

• Publisher: Aspect
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0446611522
• ISBN 13: 9780446611527
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 528