Eon |
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Author:
| Bear, Greg |
Series title: | Eon Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8125-2047-7 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1991 |
Publisher: | Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
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Imprint: | Tor Science Fiction |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $8.99 |
Book Description:
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Eon by Greg Bear
The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels and mysteries to drive researchers mad.
For the Stone was from space--but perhaps notourspace; it came from the future--but perhaps notour future; and within the hollowed asteroid was Thistledown. The...
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Eon by Greg Bear
The 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels and mysteries to drive researchers mad.
For the Stone was from space--but perhaps notourspace; it came from the future--but perhaps notour future; and within the hollowed asteroid was Thistledown. The remains of a vanished civilization. Ahuman--English, Russian, and Chinese-speaking--civilization. Seven vast chambers containing forests, lakes, rivers, hanging cities...
And museums describing the Death; the catastrophic war that was about to occur; the horror and the long winter that would follow. But while scientists and politicians bickered about how to use the information to stop the Death, the Stone yielded a secret that made even Earth's survival pale into insignificance.