Nominee · John W. Campbell Memorial Award 2006
Learning the World
by Ken MacLeod
science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod published in 2005
A great sunliner is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A ship-born generation is tense with expectation for the new system that is to be their home. Expecting to find nothing more complex than bacteria and algae, the detection of electronic signals from one of the planets comes as a shock.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- science fiction
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