Farside
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Farside

  1. 368 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

Farside

About this book

"One of [Bova's] best, and a classic use of the old SF theme of humanity reaching out for immortality among the stars." — Booklist (starred review)

Six-time Hugo Award–winning author

Farside, the side of the Moon that never faces Earth, is the ideal location for an astronomical observatory. It is also the setting for a tangled web of politics, personal ambition, love, jealousy, and murder.

Telescopes on Earth have detected an Earth-sized planet circling a star some thirty light-years away. Now the race is on to get pictures of that distant world, photographs and spectra that will show whether or not the planet is truly like Earth, and if it bears life.

Farside will include the largest optical telescope in the solar system as well as a vast array of radio antennas, the most sensitive radio telescope possible, insulated from the interference of Earth's radio chatter by a thousand kilometers of the Moon's solid body.

Building the Farside observatory is a complex, often dangerous task. On the airless surface of the Moon, under constant bombardment of hard radiation and infalling micrometeoroids, builders must work in cumbersome spacesuits and use robotic machines as much as possible. Breakdowns—mechanical and emotional—are commonplace. Accidents happen, some of them fatal.

What they find stuns everyone, and the human race will never be the same.

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Information

Publisher
Tor Books
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9780765323873
eBook ISBN
9781429949415
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Science Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Epigraphs
  7. 1. Lobber
  8. 2. Data Bank
  9. 3. Farside Observatory
  10. 4. The Large and the Small
  11. 5. Dossier: Trudy Jocelyn Yost
  12. 6. Mirror Lab
  13. 7. Outside
  14. 8. Recovery
  15. 9. Professor Uhlrich’s Office
  16. 10. Job Descriptions
  17. 11. Nanomachines
  18. 12. Dossier: Grant Philip Simpson
  19. 13. Broken Mirror
  20. 14. Spaceport
  21. 15. Selene
  22. 16. Dinner for Two
  23. 17. Mare Moscoviense
  24. 18. Professor Uhlrich’s Office
  25. 19. Cafeteria
  26. 20. Dossier: Carter Nelson McClintock
  27. 21. Anita Halleck
  28. 22. Dinner
  29. 23. Accident
  30. 24. “Time Is of the Essence”
  31. 25. Uhlrich’s Quarters
  32. 26. Dossier: Jason Maximillian Uhlrich
  33. 27. Teleoperations Center
  34. 28. In the Corridor
  35. 29. Medical Report
  36. 30. Nanotechnology Laboratory
  37. 31. Dossier: Anita Marie Halleck
  38. 32. The Earthview Restaurant
  39. 33. Visits
  40. 34. Dr. Frederic Palmquist
  41. 35. Return to Farside
  42. 36. Work Agenda
  43. 37. Crater Mendeleev
  44. 38. On the Road
  45. 39. Failure Mode
  46. 40. McClintock’s Office
  47. 41. Mirror, Mirror
  48. 42. One-Way Street
  49. 43. Eight Weeks Later
  50. 44. Collapse
  51. 45. Inquest
  52. 46. Maintenance Center
  53. 47. Nanodeath
  54. 48. Denial
  55. 49. Argument
  56. 50. McClintock’s Quarters
  57. 51. Confessions
  58. 52. To Mendeleev Crater
  59. 53. Installation
  60. 54. Dinner for Two
  61. 55. Return to Farside
  62. 56. Alternatives
  63. 57. Cafeteria
  64. 58. Investigation
  65. 59. Teleoperations Center
  66. 60. Racing Against Time
  67. 61. A Plague of Nanomachines
  68. 62. Quarantined
  69. 63. Nanofear
  70. 64. Selene
  71. 65. Investigation
  72. 66. Summoned
  73. 67. MĂ©nage Ă  Quatre
  74. 68. TĂȘte-Ă -TĂȘte
  75. 69. Flicker Rate
  76. 70. Basking in the Light
  77. 71. Mirror Lab
  78. 72. Under Siege
  79. 73. Fears
  80. 74. Countersteps
  81. 75. Prisoner
  82. 76. Flight
  83. 77. Escape
  84. 78. Maintenance Center
  85. 79. Korolev Crater
  86. 80. Confrontation
  87. 81. The Truth
  88. 82. Farside
  89. 83. Korolev
  90. 84. Back to Farside
  91. Epilogue: Six Years Later
  92. Tor Books by Ben Bova
  93. About the Author
  94. Copyright