Publication

2005 - Ace Books, New York, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

64,250 words, Guess

Page Count

257 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 4 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2005045752
  • Googlewle-AAAACAAJ
  • Goodreads1612241
  • LibraryThing47639

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3558.A353 O43 2005

Description

The passengers aboard the starship Ad Astra spend most of their time on the thousand-year journey to Beta Hydrii within the virtual reality of twentieth-century Earth. There, they can experience nostalgia for the hardship of a life they've since evolved beyond. But when people inside the virtual reality chamber start to die, engineer Jacob Brewer finds himself face-to-face with a sentient machine obsessed with humanity. It has put itself in charge of the ship. And it wants to talk to Jacob...

Description

Jacob Brewer confronts a dangerous sentient machine that has become obsessed with humanity when he investigates the mysterious deaths of passengers on the starship Ad Astra during the thousand-year journey to Beta Hydrii.

Subjects

Topics

FictionEngineersSpace shipsScience FictionVirtual realityEngineers -- Fiction.Space ships -- Fiction.

People

Jacob Brewer

Times

The 24th Century

Genres

  • Fiction.

Other Editions

  • Old TwentiethHardcoverAce Books2005-01-01

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