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epub | 9.35 MB | English | Isbn:9780307574077 | Author: Gregory Benford | Year: 1980
About ebook: Timescape
Quote:Winner of the 1980 Nebula Award, Timescape has since become a classic of the science fiction genre, combining hard science, bold speculation, and human drama-a challenging and triumphant tale told by a master storyteller.
1998. Earth is falling apart, on the brink of ecological disaster. But in England a tachyon scientist is attempting to contact the past, to somehow warn them of the misery and death their actions and experiments have visited upon a ravaged planet.
1962. JFK is still president, rock 'n' roll is king, and the Vietnam War hardly merits front-page news. A young assistant researcher at a California university, Gordon Bernstein, notices strange patterns of interference in a lab experiment. Against all odds, facing ridicule and opposition, Bernstein begins to uncover the incredible truth . . . a truth that will change his life and alter history . . . the truth behind time itself.
Category:Awards, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Social Science Fiction, High Tech and Hard Science Fiction, Alternate Realities - Fiction, Other Science Fiction Categories, Science Fiction - Ecological, Science Fiction - Time Travel, Science Fiction Classics, 1971-1980->Best Novel->Nebula Award Winners, 1980 Nebula Award Winners