Raft
Baxter, Stephen2018
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A spaceship from Earth accidentally crossed through a hole in space-time to a universe where the force of gravity is one billion times as strong as the gravity we know. Somehow the crew survived, aided by the fact that they emerged into a cloud of gas surrounding a black hole, which provided a breathable atmosphere. 500 years later, their descendants still struggle for existence, divided into two main groups. The Miners live on the Belt, a ramshackle ring of dwellings orbiting the core of a dead star, which they excavate for raw materials. These can be traded for food from the Raft, a structure built from the wreckage of the ship, on which a small group of scientists preserve the ancient knowledge which makes survival possible. Rees is a Miner whose curiosity about his world makes him stow away on a flying tree - just one of the many strange local lifeforms - carrying trade between the Belt and the Raft.
Main title:
Raft / Stephen Baxter.
Author:
Baxter, Stephen, author
Imprint:
London : Gollancz, 2018.
Collation:
246 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781473224056 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6052.A849
Local class:
FAF
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2240080