Once you have travelled this far out in time and space, is there ever a way back." Packed weight 270gms. On board, not just decades but eons are passing in the blink of an eye. Soon the ship is speeding through galaxies.
But the ship's deceleration system is irreparably damaged when it hits a cloud of inter-stellar dust and its acceleration continues inexorably towards light speed - tau zero. A journey lasting thirty years will pass, for the crew, in less than a decade. Tau Zero is an enjoyable read which emphasizes never count out Humanities spirit and will to survive no matter how hopeless things may seem to be. The ship will travel at almost the speed of light and as a result subjective time on board will slow down. Tau Zero is a tremendous novel, justifiably regarded as a classic, that proves two important things right off the bat: that hard science novels dont have. Fifty men and women set out from earth aboard an inter-stellar craft bound for a planet thirty light-years away. This is a book in a new series of classic SF stories by various authors brought out in 2009 by Gollancz. This is a B format (130 x 198 mm) paperback with a full 1 to 10 number sequence indicating a first printing of THIS edition. Best Sellers Rank: 407,243 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books) 1,800 in High Tech Science Fiction (Books) 2,571 in Space Fleet Science Fiction.
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