Newton's Wake : A Space Opera

by MacLeod, Ken

• ISBN13: 9780765305039
• ISBN10: 0765305038
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-01
• Publisher: Tor Books

Summary

With visionary epics likeThe Stone Canal,The Cassini Division, andCosmonaut Keep, award-winning Scottish author Ken MacLeod has led a revolution in contemporary science fiction, blending cutting edge science and razor-sharp political insights with pure, over-the-top interstellar adventure. Now MacLeod takes this heady mix to a new level with a stunning new SF masterwork--Newton's Wake. In the aftermath of the Hard Rapture--a cataclysmic war sparked by the explosive evolution of Earth's artificial intelligences into godlike beings--a few remnants of humanity managed to survive. Some even prospered. Lucinda Carlyle, head of an ambitious clan of galactic entrepreneurs, had carved out a profitable niche for herself and her kin by taking control of the Skein, a chain of interplanetary star-gates left behind by the posthumans. But on a world called Eurydice, a remote planet at the farthest rim of the galaxy, Lucinda stumbled upon a forgotten relic of the past that could threaten her way of life.

Author Biography

Ken MacLeod holds a degree in zoology and has worked in the fields of biomechanics and computer programming. His first two novels, The Star Fraction and The Stone Canal, each won the Prometheus Award; The Cassini Division was a finalist for the Nebula Award; The Sky Road won the British Science Fiction Association Award, and it and Cosmonaut Keep were finalists for the Hugo Award. His novella The Human Front won the Sidewise Award. Ken MacLeod lives near Edinburgh, Scotland, with his wife and children.

Table of Contents

SIDE ONE Deep Sky Country
1. Combat Archaeology	15	(16)
2. Black Sickle Blues	31	(19)
3. Returners	50	(11)
4. I Don't Know Your Face, But Your Name Is Familiar	61	(19)
5. Tir nan Og	80	(11)
6. Big in the Asteroid Belt	91	(15)
7. Newton's Wake	106	(11)
8. Self-Reliant People	117	(11)
9. Starship Enterprises	128	(13)
10. Enlightenment's Dawn	141	(14)
SIDE TWO When the Stars Are Right
11. Team Spirit	155	(16)
12. Nerves of Steel	171	(16)
13. Giant Lizards from Another Star	187	(19)
14. The Bloody Carlyles	206	(18)
15. Rebels and Returners	224	(16)
16. A Harder Rapture	240	(14)
17. Subtle Conceit	254	(13)
18. Heroes and Villains	267	(15)
19. Returners (Reprise)	282	(14)
20. No Death Above	296	(13)
Coda: Worlds and Lives	309