| When the People Fell | | | Author:
| Smith, Cordwainer | | Compiled by:
| Davis, Hank | | Introduction by:
| Pohl, Frederik | | ISBN: | 978-1-4516-3829-5 | | Publication Date: | Sep 2012 | | Publisher: | Baen Books
| | Book Format: | Paperback | | List Price: | USD $7.99 | Book Description:
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- A sweeping saga of the centuries to come, from the new dark age thatfollowed a global war, to the new civilization that arose from the ashes tocolonize the stars. At first, the colonists use ships with gigantic sails,cruising on the waves of starlight, their captains having to become somethingpart human and part machine; then later moving by planoforming ships whichtravel faster than light, but must defend themselves against the malevolent,mind-devouring creatures lurking in...
More Description - A sweeping saga of the centuries to come, from the new dark age thatfollowed a global war, to the new civilization that arose from the ashes tocolonize the stars. At first, the colonists use ships with gigantic sails,cruising on the waves of starlight, their captains having to become somethingpart human and part machine; then later moving by planoforming ships whichtravel faster than light, but must defend themselves against the malevolent,mind-devouring creatures lurking in the dark between the stars. Then came thereign of the all-powerful Lords of the Instrumentality, who ruled Earth and itscolony worlds with ruthless benevolence, suffocating the human spirit formillennia -- until the time of the Rediscovery of Man, when the strange,lost concept of freedom was reborn.
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