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Old Twentieth

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Old Twentieth

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#6513 of 8,085 books · #1594 in Science Fiction

Shortlisted for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2006).

The passengers aboard the starship Ad Astra spend most of their time on the thousand-year journey to Beta Hydrii within the virtual reality of twentieth-century Earth. There, they can experience nostalgia for the hardship of a life they've since evolved beyond. But when people inside the virtual reality chamber start to die, engineer Jacob Brewer finds himself face-to-face with a sentient machine obsessed with humanity. It has put itself in charge of the ship. And it wants to talk to Jacob...

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Publisher: Ace Books
ISBN-13: 9780441012855
Genre: Science Fiction Crime & Thriller
Topics: Virtual realitySpace travelArtificial intelligence

Awards

Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
Shortlisted(2006)

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Mindbridge (1977)0 wins · 3 score
All My Sins Remembered (2014)0 wins · 2 score
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Earthbound (2011)0 wins · 2 score
Forever Free (2011)0 wins · 2 score
Guardian (2002)0 wins · 2 score
Marsbound (2013)0 wins · 2 score
Starbound (2012)0 wins · 2 score
The Coming (2000)0 wins · 2 score
The Hemingway Hoax (2012)0 wins · 2 score
Work Done for Hire (2014)0 wins · 2 score
Worlds (2002)0 wins · 2 score
Worlds Apart (2014)0 wins · 2 score
Worlds Enough and Time (2014)0 wins · 2 score

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