Long Cosmos - Rilegato

Terry Pratchett

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ISBN 10: 0857521780 ISBN 13: 9780857521781

Casa editrice: DOUBLEDAY, 2016

Riassunto

Completed by the authors some eighteen months before Terry Pratchett's untimely death, The Long Cosmos is the grand climax of the Long Earth series. Terry had always wanted to explore the question ‘what’s it all for?’ - and in this novel, we find an answer . . .

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2070–71. It is nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth the new Next post-human society continues to evolve.

For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in more abstract ways, by the trolls and by the Great Traversers. The Message is simple but its implications are enormous:

JOIN US.

The super-smart Next realize that the Message contains instructions on how to develop an immense artificial intelligence, but to build it they have to seek help from throughout the industrious worlds of mankind. Bit by bit, byte by byte, they assemble a computer the size of a continent – a device that will alter the Long Earth’s place within the cosmos and reveal the ultimate, life-affirming goal of those who sent the Message. Its impact will be felt by and resonate with all – mankind and other species, young and old, communities and individuals – who inhabit the Long Earths . . .

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: DOUBLEDAY
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0857521780
• ISBN 13: 9780857521781
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 400
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile