NovaA quest for a priceless element—and revenge—fuels this far-future interstellar adventure that “reads like Moby-Dick at a strobe-light show” (Time). In 3172, the universe is divided between three political units: the stars and worlds of Draco, with Earth as its power center; the Pleiades Federation, on whose capital world, New Ark, lives the incredibly wealthy Von Ray family, descended from well-heeled merchants whose ancestors made their fortune as pirates; and the Outer Colonies, where, in their underwater mines, tiny quantities of the fabulously valuable Illyrion have been discovered. Lorq Von Ray was a playboy and young space-yacht-racing captain who, at a party at Earth’s Paris, clashed with Draco’s Prince Red. This sets Lorq on a demonic quest, through which he hopes to find vengeance. When a star goes nova and implodes, in the seething stellar wreckage for a few days—even hours—lie tons of Illyrion, the element that makes interstellar travel possible. To help him secure the priceless fuel, Lorq recruits a gypsy musician, a would-be novelist, and some other ragtag misfits. But an even more dangerous fuel than Illyrion is revenge . . . This ebook features an illustrated biography of Samuel R. Delany including rare images from his early career. |
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... fell on the seat . “ Do you know what it looked like , felt like , smelt like - do you ? " The Mouse shook his head : the fingers tapped his jaw . " We were moving out , boy , with the three hundred suns of the Pleiades glittering like ...
... fell on the seat . “ Do you know what it looked like , felt like , smelt like - do you ? " The Mouse shook his head : the fingers tapped his jaw . " We were moving out , boy , with the three hundred suns of the Pleiades glittering like ...
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... fell with the words " -centered on the dark , a light ! It reached out , grabbed our eyes as we lay in the projection chambers and wouldn't let them go . It was like the universe was torn and all day raging through . I wouldn't go off ...
... fell with the words " -centered on the dark , a light ! It reached out , grabbed our eyes as we lay in the projection chambers and wouldn't let them go . It was like the universe was torn and all day raging through . I wouldn't go off ...
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... 't remember it . The sound of that sun blots out everything . " The mechanics , who had been listening till now , turned to the bar . " Can't remember a thing any more ! " At another table a black - haired woman fell back.
... 't remember it . The sound of that sun blots out everything . " The mechanics , who had been listening till now , turned to the bar . " Can't remember a thing any more ! " At another table a black - haired woman fell back.
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Samuel R. Delany. At another table a black - haired woman fell back to her card game with her blond companion . " Oh , I've been sent to doctors ! They say if they cut out the nerves , optic and aural , slice them off at the brain , the ...
Samuel R. Delany. At another table a black - haired woman fell back to her card game with her blond companion . " Oh , I've been sent to doctors ! They say if they cut out the nerves , optic and aural , slice them off at the brain , the ...
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... fell through . Windows in foggy Asia flashed on sand - colored walls . It was the beginning of the effect that had caused the Greeks , two thousand years before , to call the Asian side of the city Chrysopolis - Gold City . Today it was ...
... fell through . Windows in foggy Asia flashed on sand - colored walls . It was the beginning of the effect that had caused the Greeks , two thousand years before , to call the Asian side of the city Chrysopolis - Gold City . Today it was ...
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