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A Nebula-Award finalist, showcasing suspense and danger in a slow-light environment. From the author of MANHATTAN TRANSFER and others. Aboard the hyperspace liner Redshift, the first sign of trouble is the apparent suicide of a passenger. When first officer Jason Kraft discovers that she was murdered, Kraft wants to know why. Before long, a desperate group of people tries to use the hyperspace craft for their evil purposes, and Kraft is the only person in their way.
From the PASSENGER GUIDE. WARNING: Read This Guide Before Boarding the Redshift.
The environment aboard a hyperspace craft is quite safe as long as you are careful. The management reminds you that the speed of light on board this craft is ten meters per second, or about 30 million times slower than what you are used to. This means you will frequently encounter relativistic effects and optical illusions...
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John E. Stith's works include REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS (Nebula Award nominee), MANHATTAN TRANSFER (Hugo Award Honorable Mention), REUNION ON NEVEREND, and RECKONING INFINITY (on Science Fiction Chronicle's 1997's Best Science Fiction Novels list, on the Nebula Award preliminary ballot). His other novels are SCAPESCOPE, MEMORY BLANK, DEATH TOLLS, and DEEP QUARRY. Naught Again includes a Nick Naught novella and a novelette.Stith's work also includes best sellers, a Seiun Award finalist, a La Tour Eiffel Science Fiction Book Prize finalist, HOMer Award winners, and Science Fiction Book Club selections.His work has also appeared on the New York Public Library Best Books for Young Adults list, Science Fiction Chronicle's List of Year's Best Novels, and the yearly Locus Recommended Reading Lists.His website is www.neverend.comFollow him on Twitter: @johnestithFacebook Writer Page: www.facebook.com/pages/John-E-StithPersonal Facebook Page for interests beyond writing: www.facebook.com/john.e.stithMore books from John Stith are available at: http://ReAnimus.com/authors/johnestith
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"... a unique, fascinating hard SF novel. Recommended." -- Library Journal, June 15, 1990
"...startlingly new, innovative, imaginative, original, wonder-inducing and gripping, all in one novel... A remarkable achievement." -- Denver Post, June 27, 1990
"Diamond-hard SF...Delightful and brimming with Sense of Wonder." -- Aboriginal SF
"If you love writers who play techy games with reality...pick this one up." -- Analog, June 1990
"Just what the doctor ordered." -- Locus, February 1990
"...startlingly new, innovative, imaginative, original, wonder-inducing and gripping, all in one novel... A remarkable achievement." -- Denver Post, June 27, 1990
"Diamond-hard SF...Delightful and brimming with Sense of Wonder." -- Aboriginal SF
"If you love writers who play techy games with reality...pick this one up." -- Analog, June 1990
"Just what the doctor ordered." -- Locus, February 1990
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- PublisherWildside Pr
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 1880448580
- ISBN 13 9781880448588
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages244
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