Helpful Score: 2
This is a paperback book. I just finished reading it. It is very good "hard" science fction with believable aliens, a good plot, and interesting settings and relationships between characters.
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Across a Billion Years
Across a Billion Years
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Journeying through space in search of relics from the past, a motley team of explorers happens upon an astonishing discovery. Graduate student Tom Rice is thrilled to embark on his first deep-space archeological expedition. He is part of a team from Earth, venturing out in search of artifacts from a civilization that ruled the universe many mill... more »
Author:
Journeying through space in search of relics from the past, a motley team of explorers happens upon an astonishing discovery. Graduate student Tom Rice is thrilled to embark on his first deep-space archeological expedition. He is part of a team from Earth, venturing out in search of artifacts from a civilization that ruled the universe many mill... more »
ISBN-13: 9780812554502
ISBN-10: 0812554507
Publication Date: 12/15/1983
Pages: 256
Rating: 1
ISBN-10: 0812554507
Publication Date: 12/15/1983
Pages: 256
Rating: 1
3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Tor Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
Reviews: Member | Amazon | Write a Review
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If you could picture an story that combines the archaeology of Indiana Jones and the wayfaring adventures of Star Trek, this gem from Rovert Silverberg would be it. The characters in the book excavate and extrapolate information for archaeological sites on far away worlds, in an attempt to discover the oldest civilizations in the universe.
When an excavation leads them to discoveries that predate those of the known galaxy, they also discover truths about the beginning and the end of time!
A quick read, and a fascinating combination of the past and the future!
When an excavation leads them to discoveries that predate those of the known galaxy, they also discover truths about the beginning and the end of time!
A quick read, and a fascinating combination of the past and the future!
A novel of space archeology, where a small diverse team discovers the billion-year extinct High Ones may not be so extinct after all.
Told in a lively voice through correspondence, which works well, although I usually dislike that style of writing.
Recommended.
Told in a lively voice through correspondence, which works well, although I usually dislike that style of writing.
Recommended.
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