Camille is desperate to escape her home on colonized asteroid Vesta, journeying through space in a small cocoon pod covertly and precariously attached to a cargo ship. Anna is a newly appointed port director on asteroid Ceres, intrigued by the causes that have led so-called riders like Camille to show up at her post in search of asylum.
Conditions on Vesta are quickly deteriorating—for one group of people in particular. The original founders agreed to split profits equally, but the Sivadier syndicate contributed intellectual property rather than more valued tangible goods. Now the rest of the populace wants payback. As Camille travels closer to Ceres, it seems ever more likely that Vesta will demand the other asteroid stop harboring its fugitives.
With 'The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred,” acclaimed author Greg Egan offers up a stellar, novella-length example of hard science fiction, as human and involving as it is insightful and philosophical.
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About the Author:
Greg Egan est ne en Australie en 1961. Considere comme l auteur de science-fiction le plus fascinant de sa generation, il a publie une dizaine de romans, dont "La Cite des permutants" et "Isolation". Nombre de ses nouvelles ont ete reunies en recueils, dont "Axiomatique" et "Radieux", qui constituent les deux premiers volets d une integrale raisonnee unique au monde. Son talent novateur a, entre autres, ete recompense par le prix Hugo.
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- PublisherSubterranean
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1596067918
- ISBN 13 9781596067912
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages96
- IllustratorDominic Harman
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