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With galileo s dream, robinson crafts an instant masterpiece that blends epic adventure and thoughtful alternate history. This part is mixed with the historical passages with brief visits to the distant moons of jupiter galileo travelling through both time and space to discover the colonized moons. Galileos dream by kim stanley robinson waterstones. Galileos dream, kim stanley robinson s latest book, is part historical novel and part science fiction novel.
Wed love you to buy this book, and hope you find this page convenient in locating a place of purchase. It describes the life of 17thcentury scientist and astronomer galileo galilei, and the farfuture society living on the galilean moons he discovered it was published in hardcover on august 6, 2009 in the united kingdom and on december 29, 2009 in the united states. With galileos dream, robinson crafts an instant masterpiece that blends epic adventure and thoughtful. Aurora ebook by kim stanley robinson 9780316378741 rakuten. Galileo is not sure if he is in a dream, an enchantment, a vision, or something else as yet undefined. Were featuring millions of their reader ratings on our book pages to help you find your new favourite book. With galileos dream, robinson crafts an instant masterpiece that blends epic adventure and thoughtful alternate history. Where some modern writers will relay history in nearfictional form, i. Ganymede, a rebellious jovian, attempts to bring famed scientific mind galileo forward in time to alter the course of history with. Galileos dream is a shining example of the level of quality to be found in science fiction, an exemplary achievement that brings 17th century italy flaring to life in beautiful fashion while instilling a bit of the fanciful and the prospect of what could lie ahead in the distant future. Then one night a stranger presents a different kind of telescope for galileo to peer through. Galileo s dream is a twist on historical fictionalternative historyscience fiction.
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