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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.
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6 editions- Paperback · English · 2006ORBIT (LITT) · 416 pages · 9781841493442
- Paperback · English · 2006Tor Science Fiction · 384 pages · 9780765351777
- Hardcover · English · 2005Tor Books · 303 pages · 9780765313317
- Other · English · 2013Tor Books · 304 pages · 9781466842823
- Other · English · 2012Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 416 pages · 9781405519465
- Other · English · 2005Orbit · 338 pages · 9781841493435
Fiction, science fiction, generalLife on other planetsFictionExplorationExploration of outer spaceSpace shipsCometsAstronomers