Nova

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Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost 16 light-years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor driving the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it. The potential for profit is so great that Lorq has little difficulty cobbling together an alluring crew, including a gypsy musician and a moon-obsessed scholar interested in the ancient art of writing a novel. What the crew doesn't know is that Lorq's quest is actually fueled by a private revenge so consuming that he'll stop at nothing to achieve it.

In the grandest manner of speculative fiction, Nova is a wise and witty classic that casts a fascinating new light on some of humanity's oldest truths and enduring myths.

Samuel R. DelanyStefan RudnickiSkyboat Media

Adventure

Dystopian

Fantasy

Fiction

Science Fiction

Space Opera

Witty

Adventure Dystopian Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Witty

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A scarred, maimed and powerful space captain with a long-standing grudge , his just as maimed, powerful and revenge-seeking nemesis, a loyal, motivated space crew of people with quite different origins, traditions and skills, an unjust universe of haves and have-nots, fully dependent on the sources of energy and their owners and controllers, and an untapped, possibly unlimited, incredibly dangerous new source of energy. A novel set in the far future and full of plot twists and flashbacks, of cybernetic devices and interconnections, of imaginative futuristic, immersive art and drugs, of re-imagined traditions and myths, perfectly enjoyable and thrilling, especially considering that it was published in 1968. Wonderfully narrated in audiobook form.