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Author
Index
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John
Barnes |
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Title
Index
A |
A
Million Open Doors |
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| Year |
1992 |
| Publisher |
Millennium
(Tor) |
| ISBN |
1857981499 |
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Synopsis
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Across
the stars humanity
has settled
thousands of
worlds, and now
those worlds are
quickly - far too
quickly - being
reunited by
instantaneous
transportation ...
Giraut Leones,
from the
troubadour-like
Nou Occitan,
impulsively exiles
himself to the
gritty, passionate
world of Caledony.
He brings change,
uncomfortable
too-swift change
... As Caledony
struggles under
the tremendous
shock of the new
communications,
and then breaks
down, and as
upheaval and fear
spread across the
Thousand Cultures,
Giraut must find
the strength and
courage to embrace
his fate if he and
the worlds he
loves are to
survive ... |
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Review
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'A
venerable theme of
traditional
science fiction -
the reintegration
of far-flung
colony worlds -
enlivened with
such zest, energy
and intelligence
that readers
across a wide
spectrum of tastes
will be
charmed. A
consistently
enjoyable read,
one of the most
inventive and
diverting science
fiction novels of
the year'
Washington Post
'Strong,
thoughtful,
passionate ... Joh
Barnes carries us
away by giving the
sweep of history a
deftly personal
touch'
Orson Scott
Card |
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Credit:
NASA
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Zero
Gravity
This
photograph
from 1966
shows the
Zero
Gravity
Facility
at Lewis
Research
Center,
now known
as John H.
Glenn
Research
Center at
Lewis
Field.
This
tunnel
view looks
up from
level 5.
In this
experiment,
the tower
dropped
460 feet
and
allowed
scientists
5.18
seconds of
zero
gravity.
By
comparison,
the
Washington
Monument
is 555
feet tall. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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