The Resource The eternal flame, Greg Egan
The eternal flame, Greg Egan
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The item The eternal flame, Greg Egan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The eternal flame, Greg Egan represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service (CCRLS).
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- "The generation ship Peerless is in search of advanced technology capable of sparing their home planet from imminent destruction. In theory, the ship is traveling fast enough that it can traverse the cosmos for generations, and still return home only a few years after they departed. But a critical fuel shortage threatens to cut their urgent voyage short, even as a population explosion stretches the ship's life-support capacity to its limits. When the astronomer Tamara discovers the Object, a meteor whose trajectory will bring it within range of the Peerless, she sees a risky solution to the fuel crisis. Meanwhile, the biologist Carlo searches for a better way to control fertility, despite the traditions and prejudices of their society. As the scientists clash with the ship's leaders, they find themselves caught up in two equally dangerous revolutions: one in the sexual roles of their species, the other in their very understanding of the nature of matter and energy"--Dust jacket flap
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 379 pages
- Contents
-
- Book two: the eternal flame
- Appendix 1: units and measurements
- Appendix 2: light and colors
- Appendix 3: vector multiplication and division
- Afterword
- Isbn
- 9781597802932
- Label
- The eternal flame
- Title
- The eternal flame
- Statement of responsibility
- Greg Egan
- Subject
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- Science fiction
- Space flight -- Fiction
- trueSpace vehicles
- Steampunk fiction
- Steampunk fiction
- Technology
- trueTechnology
- Technology -- Fiction
- trueWomen's role
- trueAliens (Humanoid)
- Fiction
- Life on other planets
- Life on other planets -- Fiction
- trueMeteors
- Meteors
- Meteors -- Fiction
- truePhysics
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Space flight
- trueSpace flight
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The generation ship Peerless is in search of advanced technology capable of sparing their home planet from imminent destruction. In theory, the ship is traveling fast enough that it can traverse the cosmos for generations, and still return home only a few years after they departed. But a critical fuel shortage threatens to cut their urgent voyage short, even as a population explosion stretches the ship's life-support capacity to its limits. When the astronomer Tamara discovers the Object, a meteor whose trajectory will bring it within range of the Peerless, she sees a risky solution to the fuel crisis. Meanwhile, the biologist Carlo searches for a better way to control fertility, despite the traditions and prejudices of their society. As the scientists clash with the ship's leaders, they find themselves caught up in two equally dangerous revolutions: one in the sexual roles of their species, the other in their very understanding of the nature of matter and energy"--Dust jacket flap
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- 10143782
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1961-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Egan, Greg
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR9619.3.E35
- LC item number
- E86 2012
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Orthogonal
- Series volume
- bk. 2
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Space flight
- Meteors
- Technology
- Life on other planets
- Life on other planets
- Meteors
- Space flight
- Technology
- Label
- The eternal flame, Greg Egan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Book two: the eternal flame -- Appendix 1: units and measurements -- Appendix 2: light and colors -- Appendix 3: vector multiplication and division -- Afterword
- Control code
- ocn778421064
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 379 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597802932
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)778421064
- Label
- The eternal flame, Greg Egan
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Book two: the eternal flame -- Appendix 1: units and measurements -- Appendix 2: light and colors -- Appendix 3: vector multiplication and division -- Afterword
- Control code
- ocn778421064
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 379 pages
- Isbn
- 9781597802932
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)778421064
Subject
- Science fiction
- Space flight -- Fiction
- trueSpace vehicles
- Steampunk fiction
- Steampunk fiction
- Technology
- trueTechnology
- Technology -- Fiction
- trueWomen's role
- trueAliens (Humanoid)
- Fiction
- Life on other planets
- Life on other planets -- Fiction
- trueMeteors
- Meteors
- Meteors -- Fiction
- truePhysics
- Science fiction
- Science fiction
- Space flight
- trueSpace flight
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