The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hybernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ship's three Organic Mental Cores--disembodied human brains that control the vessel's functions--go insane. An emergency skeleton crew sees only on
Destination Void
✍ Scribed by Frank Herbert
- Publisher
- Berkley Books
- Year
- 1966
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 143 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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✦ Synopsis
The starship Earthling, filled with thousands of hybernating colonists en route to a new world at Tau Ceti, is stranded beyond the solar system when the ships three Organic Mental Coresdisembodied human brains that control the vessels functionsgo insane. An emergency skeleton crew sees only one chance for survival: to create an artificial consciousness in the Earthlings primary computer, which could guide them to their destination . . . or could destroy the human race.
Frank Herberts classic novel that begins the epic Pandora Sequence (written with Bill Ransom), which also includes The Jesus Incident, The Lazarus Effect, and The Ascension Factor.
About the Author
Frank Herbert was born in Tacoma, Washington, and educated at the University of Washington, Seattle. He worked a wide variety of jobs--including TV cameraman, radio commentator, oyster diver, jungle survival instructor, lay analyst, creative writing teacher, reporter and editor of several West Coast newspapers--before becoming a full-time writer. He died in 1986.
Library : Science Fiction
Universes : Pandora Sequence [01]
Formats : EPUB
ISBN : 9780425062630
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