Mysteries of Motion |
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Author:
| Calisher, Hortense |
ISBN: | 978-1-306-59097-6 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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Hortense Calisher's excursion into science fiction: A rich portrait of the passengers aboard the first civilian space shuttle The "Citizen Courier" is headed toward Island US, "the first public habitat in space." Aboard the ship resides a collection of diverse travelers. Narrator Tom Gilpin is a rich publisher, and he's joined by fellow journalist Veronica, as well as an industrialist, a Jewish-German expatriate philosopher, a diplomat and his wife, and the teenage son of a NASA...
More DescriptionHortense Calisher's excursion into science fiction: A rich portrait of the passengers aboard the first civilian space shuttle
The "Citizen Courier" is headed toward Island US, "the first public habitat in space." Aboard the ship resides a collection of diverse travelers. Narrator Tom Gilpin is a rich publisher, and he's joined by fellow journalist Veronica, as well as an industrialist, a Jewish-German expatriate philosopher, a diplomat and his wife, and the teenage son of a NASA admiral. Revealing a complex, nonlinear narrative for each of its characters, the iridescent literary sci-fi of "Mysteries of Motion "captures lives and relationships as labyrinthine as the space vessel that carries them, channeling intergalactic, philosophical, and psychological voyages.