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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... finger around the rim of his glass . Wanting to say " no " he began a " yes . " Then he frowned . The mechanics ... fingers tapped his jaw . " We were moving out , boy , with the three hundred suns of the Pleiades glittering like a ...
... finger around the rim of his glass . Wanting to say " no " he began a " yes . " Then he frowned . The mechanics ... fingers tapped his jaw . " We were moving out , boy , with the three hundred suns of the Pleiades glittering like a ...
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... The Mouse's fingers twitched . " Show me , Leo ! Now you've got to show me ! " The Mouse's mind tumbled from Alexandrian to Berber Arabic and ended up in Italian as he searched for the word . " Bellissimo , Leo ! Bellissimo ! "
... The Mouse's fingers twitched . " Show me , Leo ! Now you've got to show me ! " The Mouse's mind tumbled from Alexandrian to Berber Arabic and ended up in Italian as he searched for the word . " Bellissimo , Leo ! Bellissimo ! "
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... fingers—and the syrynx. Two and a half years later when he left Greece, he still had the ring. He had grown one little fingernail three quarters of an inch long, as did the other boys who worked the dirty streets behind the Monasteraiki ...
... fingers—and the syrynx. Two and a half years later when he left Greece, he still had the ring. He had grown one little fingernail three quarters of an inch long, as did the other boys who worked the dirty streets behind the Monasteraiki ...
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... fingers leaping on the frets , as light from the machine flowed on the backs of his hands . And his fingers fell . Images vaulted from under his palms . Some dozen people had gathered . They blinked ; they turned their heads . Light ...
... fingers leaping on the frets , as light from the machine flowed on the backs of his hands . And his fingers fell . Images vaulted from under his palms . Some dozen people had gathered . They blinked ; they turned their heads . Light ...
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... fingers . Malevolently the gypsy grinned . Dan staggered forward , one arm flailing through . Shrieking , the demon turned its back , bent . There was a sound like a flutter valve , and the spectators — another dozen had gathered ...
... fingers . Malevolently the gypsy grinned . Dan staggered forward , one arm flailing through . Shrieking , the demon turned its back , bent . There was a sound like a flutter valve , and the spectators — another dozen had gathered ...
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