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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherDoherty Associates, LLC, Tom & Co
ISBN-100812524810
ISBN-139780812524819
eBay Product ID (ePID)126947
Product Key Features
Book TitleLegacy
Number of Pages480 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicScience Fiction / Hard Science Fiction, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year1996
FeaturesRevised
GenreFiction
AuthorGreg Bear
Book SeriesEon Ser.
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length6.8 in
Item Width4.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-002063
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"A remarkable and utterly convincing feat of creation." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred) "Hard science and human interest intersect ingeniously in the prequel to Bear's Eon and Eternity ....This is a stunning SF novel that extrapolates a scientifically complex future from the basic stuff of human nature." -- Publishers Weekly (starred), Hard science and human interest intersect ingeniously in the prequel to Bear's Eon and Eternity ....This is a stunning SF novel that extrapolates a scientifically complex future from the basic stuff of human nature.
Series Volume Number3
Volume NumberVol. 1
Dewey Decimal813/.54
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisThe Way is a tunnel through space and time. The entrance is through the hollow asteroid Thistledown and the space station Axis City that sits at the asteroid's center. From there the Flawships ride the center of the Way, traveling to other worlds and times.Now the rulers of Axis City have discovered that a huge group of colonists has secretly entered one of the interdicted worlds along the Way. In some ways Lamarkia is very Earth-like - but its biology is extraordinary. A single genetic entity can take many forms, and span a continent. There are only a few of these ecos" on Lamarkia, and the effect of human interaction on them is unknown.Olmy Ap Sennon has been sent to secretly assess the extent of the damage. But he will find far more than an intriguing alien biology - for on their new world the secret colonists have returned to the old ways of human history: war, famine, and ecological disaster. On this mission, Olmy will learn about the basics: love, responsibility, and even failure... ", The Way is a tunnel through space and time. The entrance is through the hollow asteroid Thistledown and the space station Axis City that sits at the asteroid's center. From there the Flawships ride the center of the Way, traveling to other worlds and times.Now the rulers of Axis City have discovered that a huge group of colonists has secretly entered one of the interdicted worlds along the Way. In some ways Lamarkia is very Earth-like--but its biology is extraordinary. A single genetic entity can take many forms, and span a continent. There are only a few of these "ecos" on Lamarkia, and the effect of human interaction on them is unknown.Olmy Ap Sennon has been sent to secretly assess the extent of the damage. But he will find far more than an intriguing alien biology--for on their new world the secret colonists have returned to the old ways of human history: war, famine, and ecological disaster. On this mission, Olmy will learn about the basics: love, responsibility, and even failure...