Nominee · Locus Awards 2012
The Clockwork Rocket
by Greg Egan
2011 novel by Greg Egan
A series of strange meteors enters a planetary system, and a world is in danger. Can space travellers from this world, travel in time and space, and return in time with the technology needed to avert the disaster? This is the first book of the Orthogonal trilogy, following the travellers on their mission.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- science fiction
Locus Awards 2012
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