Bibliograph

Shadows of Eternity, Gregory Benford

Type

Label

Shadows of Eternity, Gregory Benford

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

novels

Main title

Shadows of Eternity

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

1277506972

Responsibility statement

Gregory Benford

Summary

Shadows of Eternity is a novel set two centuries from now. Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. Ruth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds—who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination—and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it. Gregory Benford is one of science fiction's iconic writers, having been nominated for four Hugo Awards and twelve Nebula Awards. Shadows of Eternity marks Gregory Benford's return to the sweeping galactic science fiction that readers have been waiting for

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