Creation node / Stephen Baxter.
By: Baxter, Stephen.
Publisher: London : Gollancz, 2023Description: 442 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781473228955 (hbk.) :; 1473228956 (hbk.) :.Subject(s): Science fiction | Science fiction | Science fiction | Science fiction: Space operaGenre/Form: Science fiction.Summary: In the year 2255, a woman named Salma, twenty years old, is the first to fully see - with her own eyes, albeit moderated by her ship's instruments - the object called Planet Nine. See, but not recognise what it was. Not yet. Not that the object turned out to be a planet, or the 'ninth' of anything. Briefly thought to be a black hole, it suddenly changes, expands and sends a message. There is something waiting on its service. Something not quite human. As the ramifications of this event spread across the fracturing elements of humanity, it is clear that the small crew on the spot are at the centre of the most dramatic discovery in history. But this is not the only inexplicable event happening - impossibly, at exactly the same moment, a quasar has appeared twenty-five thousand light years away, pouring heat into the solar system.| Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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In the year 2255, a woman named Salma, twenty years old, is the first to fully see - with her own eyes, albeit moderated by her ship's instruments - the object called Planet Nine. See, but not recognise what it was. Not yet. Not that the object turned out to be a planet, or the 'ninth' of anything. Briefly thought to be a black hole, it suddenly changes, expands and sends a message. There is something waiting on its service. Something not quite human. As the ramifications of this event spread across the fracturing elements of humanity, it is clear that the small crew on the spot are at the centre of the most dramatic discovery in history. But this is not the only inexplicable event happening - impossibly, at exactly the same moment, a quasar has appeared twenty-five thousand light years away, pouring heat into the solar system.