Charles Sheffield
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English
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"One of the most imaginative, exciting talents to appear on the SF scene in recent years."-Publishers Weekly
"A master of hard science fiction."-Noumenon
This collection contains sixteen stories and science articles by the remarkable author, Charles Sheffield.
The stories range in length from being barely a page ("The Seventeen-Year Locusts") to long novelettes ("The Courts of Xanadu"). They also range in mood from the "very silly to very somber."
Each...
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Series
Jupiter novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
Scheming to get rid of obstacles, Josh Kerrigan's step-aunt ships him and her autistic step-daughter to Solferino to work for Foodlines. Josh and Dawn join a small training group that is ostensibly doing scientific research and exploration under the watchful eye of the company.But as the days go by and strange occurrences and mysterious happenings continue, it becomes apparent that something is very wrong and that someone has very different plans...
3) Godspeed
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English
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The Godspeed Drive. It is the faster-than-light spaceship drive that made human colonization of the galaxy possible. But it was not invented by humans - it was found in the wreck of an alien ship that drifted into the Solar System. No one understood everything about how it worked, but it linked a hundred star systems together, and made marginal planets like Erin in the Maveen system habitable.
But one day the Godspeed ships stopped coming. Erin and...
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Series
Jupiter novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Jefferson Kopal, the privileged son of a wealthy family, knows he is a coward and a failure. He dreads appearing for and then barely passes the Space Navy test to qualify for service as an officer-something that has been an integral part of his family's tradition.He is assigned to the remote Border Command by the Navy and eventually to a ship commanded by Captain Dufferin, who hates everything that the Kopal family stands for.But when he is abandoned...