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Eon (The Way, #1)
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"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" —Arthur C. Clarke
Book summary :
IN THE NOVEL Eon, the science fiction author Greg Bear writes a harrowing tale about fleeing a devastated world into a parallel universe. A colossal, menacing asteroid from space has approached the planet Earth,
causing mass panic and hysteria. However, instead of striking Earth, it strangely settles into an orbit around the planet. Teams of scientists are sent into space to investigate. However, instead of finding a desolate, lifeless
surface, they find that the asteroid is actually hollow, it's a huge spaceship abandoned by a superior technological race. Inside the deserted spaceship, the book's heroine, a theoretical physicist named Patricia Vasquez, finds seven vast chambers, entrances to different worlds, with lakes, forests,
trees, even entire cities. Next, she stumbles upon huge libraries containing the complete history of these strange people.
Picking up an old book, she finds that it is Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, but republished in 2110. She realizes that the asteroid is not from an alien civilization at all, but from Earth itself, 1,300 years in the future. She realizes the sickening truth: these old records tell of an ancient nuclear war that erupted in the distant past, killing billions of people, unleashing a
nuclear winter that killed billions more. When she determines the date of this nuclear war, she is shocked to find that it is only two weeks into the future! She is helpless to stop the inevitable war that will soon consume the
entire planet, killing her loved ones.
Eerily, she locates her own personal history in these old records, and finds that her future research in space-time will help to lay the groundwork for a vast tunnel in the asteroid, called the Way, which will allow the people
to leave the asteroid and enter other universes. Her theories have proved that there are an infinite number of quantum universes, representing all possible realities.
Moreover, her theories make possible the building of gateways located along the Way for entering these universes, each with a
different alternate history. Eventually, she enters the tunnel, travels down the Way, and meets the people who fled in the asteroid, her descendants. It is a strange world. Centuries before, people had abandoned strictly
human form and can now assume various shapes and bodies. Even people long dead have their memories and personalities stored in computer banks and can be brought back to life. They can be resurrected and downloaded
several times into new bodies. Implants placed in their bodies give them access to nearly infinite information. Although these people can have almost anything they wish, nonetheless our heroine is miserable and lonely in this technological paradise. She misses her family, her boyfriend, her
Earth, all of which were destroyed in the nuclear war. She is eventually
granted permission to scan the multiple universes that lie along the Way to
find a parallel Earth in which nuclear war was averted and her loved ones are still alive. She eventually finds one and leaps into it ...
Sorry for this papyrus😂
A good SF ...
Book summary :
IN THE NOVEL Eon, the science fiction author Greg Bear writes a harrowing tale about fleeing a devastated world into a parallel universe. A colossal, menacing asteroid from space has approached the planet Earth,
causing mass panic and hysteria. However, instead of striking Earth, it strangely settles into an orbit around the planet. Teams of scientists are sent into space to investigate. However, instead of finding a desolate, lifeless
surface, they find that the asteroid is actually hollow, it's a huge spaceship abandoned by a superior technological race. Inside the deserted spaceship, the book's heroine, a theoretical physicist named Patricia Vasquez, finds seven vast chambers, entrances to different worlds, with lakes, forests,
trees, even entire cities. Next, she stumbles upon huge libraries containing the complete history of these strange people.
Picking up an old book, she finds that it is Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain, but republished in 2110. She realizes that the asteroid is not from an alien civilization at all, but from Earth itself, 1,300 years in the future. She realizes the sickening truth: these old records tell of an ancient nuclear war that erupted in the distant past, killing billions of people, unleashing a
nuclear winter that killed billions more. When she determines the date of this nuclear war, she is shocked to find that it is only two weeks into the future! She is helpless to stop the inevitable war that will soon consume the
entire planet, killing her loved ones.
Eerily, she locates her own personal history in these old records, and finds that her future research in space-time will help to lay the groundwork for a vast tunnel in the asteroid, called the Way, which will allow the people
to leave the asteroid and enter other universes. Her theories have proved that there are an infinite number of quantum universes, representing all possible realities.
Moreover, her theories make possible the building of gateways located along the Way for entering these universes, each with a
different alternate history. Eventually, she enters the tunnel, travels down the Way, and meets the people who fled in the asteroid, her descendants. It is a strange world. Centuries before, people had abandoned strictly
human form and can now assume various shapes and bodies. Even people long dead have their memories and personalities stored in computer banks and can be brought back to life. They can be resurrected and downloaded
several times into new bodies. Implants placed in their bodies give them access to nearly infinite information. Although these people can have almost anything they wish, nonetheless our heroine is miserable and lonely in this technological paradise. She misses her family, her boyfriend, her
Earth, all of which were destroyed in the nuclear war. She is eventually
granted permission to scan the multiple universes that lie along the Way to
find a parallel Earth in which nuclear war was averted and her loved ones are still alive. She eventually finds one and leaps into it ...
Sorry for this papyrus😂
A good SF ...
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