One man must stop starship hijackers from using an unusual starship to plunder a wealthy colony. Aboard the Redshift, light moves so slowly you can see its passage, and relativistic tricks are an integral part of shipboard life. Flip a light switch and see the room slowly fill with light. Run fast,
Redshift Rendezvous
β Scribed by Stith, John E.
- Publisher
- Borgo Press
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 174 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
From Library Journal
A suspicious death aboard the starship Redshift involves first officer Jason Kraft in a manhunt that uncovers an insidious plot to reroute the ship to an unknown destination. Sf action/adventure tempered by the "laws" of hyperspace travel produce a unique, fascinating hard sf novel. Stith wrote Deep Quarry. Recommended.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
"... a unique, fascinating hard SF novel. Recommended." -- Library Journal, June 15, 1990
"...startlingly new, innovative, imaginative, original, wonder-inducing and gripping, all in one novel... A remarkable achievement." -- Denver Post, June 27, 1990
"Diamond-hard SF...Delightful and brimming with Sense of Wonder." -- Aboriginal SF
"If you love writers who play techy games with reality...pick this one up." -- Analog, June 1990
"Just what the doctor ordered." -- Locus, February 1990
Has Cover : Yes
ABC : 1
Number of Words in Auth: 3
Formats : EPUB
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All Identifiers : isbn:9781880448588
Single Author : John E. Stith
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Sorted Author by LN, FN: Stith, John E.
Title Length : 019
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Uncomma Author : John E. Stith
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