The spheres of heaven / Charles Sheffield.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sheffield, Charles.

Contributor:

Eggleton, Bob, illustrator.

Mark B. Adams Science Fiction Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space warfare--Fiction.

Space warfare.

Science fiction, American.

Genre:

Fiction.

Science fiction.

Novels.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B. (donor) (Adams Collection copy)

Physical Description:

440 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Book club edition.

Place of Publication:

Riverdale, NY : Baen, 2001.

Summary:

Set about 20 years later in Chan Dalton's career than the events of The Mind Pool (1993), this hard-science adventure finds humanity still quarantined by the nonhuman sapients of the Stellar Authority for having killed other intelligent life-forms. But a Stellar Authority ship is missing in the distant Geyser Swirl, and humans are the best candidates for finding and rescuing it. Under retired General Dag Korin's command, Dalton tracks down most of his old colleagues and sets off in a recycled warship. Meanwhile, a human expedition is already deep in the swirl, on a planet it has named Limbo. By the time Dalton's company arrives, nearly everyone on Limbo needs to be rescued from the militaristic Malacostracans, who have occupied it because of its strategic location at the nexus of links to many alternative universes. The yarn's tight plotting, economical but vivid characterization, and abundance of ideas argue that Sheffield continues to be an authentic sf master.

Notes:

Sequel to: Mind pool.

Cover art by Bob Eggleton.

Local Notes:

Adams Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2015 by Dr. Mark B. Adams.

Adams Collection copy has dustjacket.

Cited in:

Internet Speculative Fiction Database, 251344

OCLC:

52905550

Publisher Number:

35530 Science Fiction Book Club

Online:

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http://www.sff.net/people/sheffield/main.htp