OriginVoyager, 2001 - 455 Seiten ONE OF THE BEST SF WRITERS IN THE BUSINESS . . . Manifold: Origin is] filled with marvelous scientific speculations, strange events, novel concepts, and an awe-inspiring sense of the wonders of the universe. -Science Fiction Chronicle In the year 2015, astronaut Reid Malenfant is flying over the African continent, intent on examining a mysterious glowing construct in Earth's orbit. But when the very fabric of the sky tears open, spilling living creatures to the ground and pulling others inside (including his wife, Emma), Malenfant's quest to uncover the unknown becomes personal. While desperately searching to discover what happened to the woman he loves, Malenfant embarks upon an adventure to the very fount of human development . . . on earth and beyond. |
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... reached the end of the walk . He stepped through the white room , the cramped enclosure where he would be inspected one last time before the launch , and he faced the streamlined fairing that would protect the Moon lander during launch ...
... reached the end of the walk . He stepped through the white room , the cramped enclosure where he would be inspected one last time before the launch , and he faced the streamlined fairing that would protect the Moon lander during launch ...
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... reached up with his less damaged arm to grab a low branch . He growled with pain . He got his chest over the branch , and fell forward , gasping . For a long time he was still once more , clinging to the branch . Then he carried on ...
... reached up with his less damaged arm to grab a low branch . He growled with pain . He got his chest over the branch , and fell forward , gasping . For a long time he was still once more , clinging to the branch . Then he carried on ...
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... reached back , to the deepest past , and made the change and the manifold was born . ' - Emma thought she understood . So this had been the purpose the Old Ones had found . Not a saga of meaningless survival in a dismal future of decay ...
... reached back , to the deepest past , and made the change and the manifold was born . ' - Emma thought she understood . So this had been the purpose the Old Ones had found . Not a saga of meaningless survival in a dismal future of decay ...
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