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Ascent

Ascent

by Shane Dix and Sean Williams
Paperback
Publication Date: 30/03/2005

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A gripping science fiction space opera from two of Australia's most respected and popular authors. this duology is just as thought-provoking as the Orphans trilogy; it extrapolates from existing science in a similar way, but it is not as bleak as Orphans. Characterisation is given the same importance as the science and technology, as with all Sean's stories.Ascent will portray humanity's uncertain beginnings as an interstellar power. When confronted by an alien artefact of unknown origins, those beginnings are threatened, not so much by the artefact itself as by people's reactions to it. Ascent shows the consequences of those reactions, not only writ large across the universe but also on an intimate, personal level. the fates of the main characters are not lost in humanity's grand progression to lords of the universe, nor in its inevitable fall.Set in 2488, the series explores the possibilities of space colonisation and the ways in which humanity may travel the vast gulfs between the stars. Nanotechnology, exotic states of being and the unusual relationships created by scientific developments of the human state of being all combine in grand adventure, love and loss, and the grab for power engendered by discovery. A unique and skilfully woven story.
ISBN:
9780732280253
9780732280253
Category:
Science fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
30-03-2005
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
448
Dimensions (mm):
179x115x28mm
Weight:
0.25kg
Sean Williams

Sean Williams is a multi-award-winning, #1 New York Times best-selling author for readers of all ages. With over four million published words, in the form of series, novels, short stories and poems that have been translated into multiple languages for readers around the world, he has worked with visual artists, dramaturges, composers and other writers on collaborative works that include stories set in the Star Wars and Doctor Who universes, original series created with Garth Nix, and a science-fiction musical performed at the National Museum in Canberra.

In 2017, he was the recipient of the Australian Antarctica Division's annual Arts Fellowship. His most recent novels Impossible Music and Her Perilous Mansion were nominated for the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature and the Patricia Wrightson Prize for Children's Literature respectively. Both are Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Books. As well as being a senior lecturer at Flinders University, he writes articles about creative writing; composes music that has been released internationally and commissioned for exhibitions, live performances, and the stage; and cooks a mean Brussels sprout.

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