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      Schild’s Ladder

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      A modern masterpiece from 'One of the genre's great ideas men' (THE TIMES) nelwy packaged for a new audience

      Cass has stumbled on something that might be an entirely different type of physics, and she''s travelled three hundred and fifty light-years to Mimosa Station, a ...

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      Description

      Product ID:9780575082069
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Title:Schild's Ladder
      Authors:Author: Greg Egan
      Page Count:336
      Subjects:Science fiction, Science fiction
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      A modern masterpiece from 'One of the genre's great ideas men' (THE TIMES) nelwy packaged for a new audience

      Cass has stumbled on something that might be an entirely different type of physics, and she''s travelled three hundred and fifty light-years to Mimosa Station, a remote experimental facility, to test her theory. The novo-vacuum she creates is predicted to begin decaying the instant it''s created, but even so short-lived a microscopic speck could shed new light on the origins of the universe.

      But instead of decaying, Cass''s novo-vacuum is wildly successful and begins expanding, slowly but inexorably taking over the universe ...

      SCHILD''S LADDER: a wild ride through the far future by one of the world''s most respected and acclaimed writers.


      Imprint Name:Gollancz
      Publisher Name:Orion Publishing Co
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2008-02-07

      Additional information

      Weight282 g
      Dimensions197 × 133 × 22 mm