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Jaybee Corbell, his cancer-ridden body frozen in 1970, is revived 200 years later in a body that is not his own. Stripped of his own free will, as well as his body, he is a servant to the all-powerful State. His one chance at remaining alive is to rise to the task set before him: pilot a one-way mission out into the universe to seed planets for future population. A last ditch effort at rebellion propels Corbell on a journey through space that will eventually lead him back to Earth…an Earth three
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Unbelievably great, mindbending, hard sci-fi. Niven follows through scientifically on all sorts of outlandish ideas, and creates a very complete, workable view of the universe (he has a whole series of books based in the "Known Space" universe he has created; some are linked and some aren't) and one particularly weird story within it. This one has a lot to love, and a lot to puzzle over. I've bonded with a few people over a mutual love of this book and some of the truly twisted ideas within its
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Yet another post-apocalyptic pulp SF novel. Not much here to recommend.
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