NovaGiven that the suns of Draco stretch almost sixteen light years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor of the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it. The potential for profit is so great that Lorq has little difficulty cobbling together an alluring crew that includes a gypsy musician and a moon-obsessed scholar interested in the ancient art of writing a novel. What the crew doesn't know, though, is that Lorq's quest is actually fueled by a private revenge so consuming that he'll stop at nothing to achieve it. In the grandest manner of speculative fiction, Nova is a wise and witty classic that casts a fascinating new light on some of humanity's oldest truths and enduring myths. |
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... gypsies first , and the gypsies knew : they're just fake . And never to believe them . " Katin smiled . " A very romantic notion . I cotton to it my- self : the idea that all those symbols , filtered down through five thousand years of ...
... gypsies first , and the gypsies knew : they're just fake . And never to believe them . " Katin smiled . " A very romantic notion . I cotton to it my- self : the idea that all those symbols , filtered down through five thousand years of ...
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... gypsies . Everybody thinks that gypsies steal things . We did , too . Maybe they were going to come after us from the town . Nobody likes gypsies , on Earth . That's cause we don't work . " " You work hard enough , Mouse . That's why I ...
... gypsies . Everybody thinks that gypsies steal things . We did , too . Maybe they were going to come after us from the town . Nobody likes gypsies , on Earth . That's cause we don't work . " " You work hard enough , Mouse . That's why I ...
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Samuel R. Delany. " No wonder your gypsies were being hounded . A group of adults traveling around without plug facilities ! " He shook his head . " But why didn't you get them ? " " That's just gypsies . We never had them . We never ...
Samuel R. Delany. " No wonder your gypsies were being hounded . A group of adults traveling around without plug facilities ! " He shook his head . " But why didn't you get them ? " " That's just gypsies . We never had them . We never ...
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