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Tau Zero

โœ Scribed by Anderson, Poul


Year
1969
Tongue
English
Weight
336 KB
Series
SF Masterworks 64
Category
Fiction

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โœฆ Synopsis


For the crew of the Leonora Christine, travelling close to the speed of light on a 30-light-year journey, subjective time slows down. Then buffeting by an interstellar dust cloud damages the shipโ€™s deceleration system and it achieves light speed, tau zero itself.


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