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Neverness

(1988)
(The first book in the Neverness Cycle series)
A novel by

 
 
Awards
1990 Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee)
1989 Locus Award for Best First Novel (nominee)

The universe of Neverness is intriguingly compex, filled with extraordinary beings. There are the Alaloi, who have chosen to return to the Neanderthal state. the Order of Pilots which reworks the laws of time and physics to catapult its members through dense regions of 'thick space'. the Solid State Entity, a vast brain made up of moon-sized biocomputers. and the Ieldra, a legendary race of aliens that seeded the galaxy aeons ago with its DNA and so began the evolutionary cycle.

Against this rich backdrop unfolds the story of young, headstrong Mallory Ringess, a novitiate of the Order of Pilots. Against all odds, he has penetrated the Solid State Entity - and made a stunning discovery.
A discovery that could unlock the secret of immortality hidden among the Alaloi.


Genre: Science Fiction

Praise for this book

"One of the finest talents to appear since Kim Stanley Robinson and William Gibson - perhaps the finest" - Gene Wolfe


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