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Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge (2004, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom&Co

ISBN-100765308843

ISBN-139780765308849

eBay Product ID (ePID)30788239

Product Key Features

Book TitleMarooned in Realtime

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2004

TopicScience Fiction / Time Travel, Science Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction / General

FeaturesRevised

GenreFiction

AuthorVernor Vinge

Book SeriesPeace War Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

ReviewsThe scope and grandeur of the plot mark this novel as a high point in hard SF creativity. Highly recommended., Marooned in Realtime combines the expansive mode of hard SF with the narrow focus of the detective story, complete with a final orchestrated showdown. The result is exciting; you can hardly turn the pages fast enough., Splendid long-range sequel to The Peace War. A marvelous extrapolative tale, to which no summary can do justice, with a gripping blend of high-tech razzle-dazzle and good old-fashioned murder-mystery--all spiced with that unique and awe-inspiring new twist on the time-travel theme. Easily Vinge's best work, and highly recommended.

Series Volume Number2

Edition DescriptionRevised edition

SynopsisMultiple Hugo Award winner Vernor Vinge takes readers on a fifty-million-year trip to a future where humanity's fate will be decided in a dangerous game of high-tech survival. In this taut thriller, a Hugo finalist for Best Novel, nobody knows why there are only three hundred humans left alive on the Earth fifty million years from now. Opinion is fiercely divided on whether to settle in and plant the seed of mankind anew, or to continue using high-energy stasis fields, or "bobbles," in venturing into the future. When somebody is murdered, it's obvious someone has a secret he or she is willing to kill to preserve.The murder intensifies the rift between the two factions, threatening the survival of the human race. It's up to 21st century detective Wil Brierson, the only cop left in the world, to find the culprit, a diabolical fiend whose lust for power could cause the utter extinction of man. Filled with excitement and adventure, Vinge's tense SF puzzler will satisfy readers with its sense of wonder and engaging characters, one of whom is a murderer with a unique modus operandi.