Saturn Rukh - Softcover

Forward, Robert L

 
9780812534580: Saturn Rukh
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0812534581 ISBN 13: 9780812534580
Verlag: Tor Books, 1998

Inhaltsangabe

A ship becomes stranded on a huge flying creature that lives in the Saturnian skies, where five intrepid humans are attempting to find a way to convert Saturn's atmospheric chemicals into cheap fuel for interplanetary travel.

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Críticas

"If you like hard SF in the Clement mode, you'll love this one."--"Analog""No one can beat Bob Forward at hard-core SF in the best Smith/Campbell tradition."--Arthur C. Clarke"Forward's technological detail is imaginative, and as always, impeccable....This story engages with its strong science and fetching aliens."--"Publishers Weekly"

Reseña del editor

Forward takes us to one of the giants of the solar system, the planet Saturn. Five intrepid humans are paid a billion dollars each to risk a voyage into the upper atmosphere of the ringed world in an attempt to convert atmospheric chemicals into fuel. The goal is to power interplanetary ships, and this fuel could be made cheaper there than anywhere else in the solar system once the initial setup is established. What no one anticipates are the huge flying creatures that live in the Saturnian skies, which the explorers name rukhs after the legendary giant flying creatures Sinbad the Sailor meets in the Arabian Nights. During an accident the ship lands upon a rukh's enormous back and becomes marooned, leading to one of the most bizarre and intriguing adventures in contemporary hard science fiction.

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Verlag
Tor Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0812534581
ISBN 13 
9780812534580
Einband
Libro de bolsillo
Anzahl der Seiten
340
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