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Author: Greg Egan
Publisher: Gollancz
Binding: Paperback
ISBN : 9780575081116
Language: English
Blurb at the back:
Cass has stumbled on an entirely different kind of physics, and she has travelled to a remote experimental facility in the hope of bringing this tantalising alternative to life. The experiment is wildly successful; the novo-vacuum is more stable than the ordinary vacuum around it. But then the reason in which the new physics holds sway proceeds to expand at half the speed of light. Most people are desperate to stop the novo-vacuum before all of inhabited space is consumed, but a few others believe the challenge of adapting to survive on the far side of the border could reinvigorate a civilisation that has grown stale and insular...
'Wonderful mind-expanding stuff' THE GUARDIAN
'One of the genre's great ideas men' THE TIMES
'The universe may be stranger than we can imagine, but it's going to have a tough time outdoing Egan' NEW SCIENTIST
'When it comes to making big science intelligible to a wider audience, Egan is second to none' SFX
'A major voice in SF' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
GREG EGAN has won the John W. Campbell Award and the Hugo Award.