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Author
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 John Clute

Title
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 Appleseed
Year 2001
Publisher Orbit
ISBN 1841491004
 

 
Synopsis















 It is the dawn of the fourth millennium, and for trader Nathanael Freer it is business as usual.

Tile Dance, his ship, is in the safe hands of an AI with two minds and a krewe of helpers.  And his latest commission - to deliver a shipment of nanoforges to Eolhxir - seems normal enough.

But it is not.  A galaxy-wide data plague is infecting the spiral arm of local stars all the way from Old Earth.  Universal darkness threatens the vast concord of living civilisations.  And a trap has been laid that will draw Freer into eons-old conflict.  His contract, it seems, is far from routine - and Eolhxir holds the key to everything.

 
 

 
Review






 'Exuberant, witty, sexy, satirical ... every word is a special effects firecracker'
Stephen Baxter

'A comprehensive re-imagining of space opera - not to say space - for the 21st century'
M. John Harrison
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SuitSat-1

 

 

Credit: NASA

SuitSat-1 Floats Free
A space suit floats freely away from the International Space Station in a scene reminiscent of a sci-fi movie. But this time, no investigation is needed. The suit is actually the world's latest satellite and was launched on Feb. 3, 2006. Dubbed SuitSat-1, the unneeded Russian Orlan spacesuit filled mostly with old clothes was fitted with a radio transmitter and released to orbit the Earth.

NASA Image of the day archive

  

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