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Learning the World
by Ken Macleod
The great sunliner 'But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!' is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A ship-born generation is tense with expectation for the new system that is to be their home. Expecting to find nothing more complex than bacteria and algae, the detection of electronic signals from one of the planets comes as a shock. In millennia of slow expansion, humanity has never encountered aliens, and yet these new signals cannot be ignored. They suspect a fast robot probe has overtaken them, and send probes of their own to investigate. On a world called Ground, whose inhabitants are struggling into the age of radio, petroleum and powered flight, a young astronomer searching for distant planets detects an anomaly that he presumes must be a comet. His friend, a brilliant foreign physicist, calculates the orbit, only to discover an anomaly of his own. The comet is slowing down ...
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A very good used paperback creased to the spine, slightly creased and edge worn covers, no writing or stamps, clean pages. Carefully packaged and posted within 48 hours from our bookshop in Scotland.; 1.26 x 6.85 x 4.25 Inches; 416 pages.
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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 303 p. Ex-Library expected imperfections.
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0765313316 Like New Hardback In Dustjacket From Bookstore Warehouse.
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Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 303 p.
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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 303 p. Audience: General/trade.
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Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!
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0765313316 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items.
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