Richard's review of Strata
Strata by Terry Pratchett
The first of Pratchett's diskworld books, sort of. This is more "hard" SF than most of his other work (except the "Bromeliad" trilogy "Truckers," "Diggers" and "Wings"). Far future: a company that makes planets suited for human colonization, including layering in the eponymous strata containing fossils and the occasional joke anachronism (frowned upon by management).
While on an exploratory mission, the protagonist discovers a disk-shaped world, complete with a transparent dome to keep in the air, a sun and moon on tracks and massive pumps to retrieve and return the water that spills over the edge.
Who built it? Why's it here? Questions that are answered with an unforeseen conclusion (no spoilers).
While on an exploratory mission, the protagonist discovers a disk-shaped world, complete with a transparent dome to keep in the air, a sun and moon on tracks and massive pumps to retrieve and return the water that spills over the edge.
Who built it? Why's it here? Questions that are answered with an unforeseen conclusion (no spoilers).
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