Starfarers
When evidence of an advanced civilization is discovered by SETI astronomers, an expedition into the far reaches of the galaxy is planned and an eclectic team of scientists is chosen to make the trip. But because the origin of the alien signals is thousands of light-years away, the crew will age only a few years while millennia pass on Earth. And though they are ready to face the ramifications of such a voyage, none of the starfarers are prepared for what awaits them at the outer edge of the cosmos -- or back at the planet they once called home.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Tor
- Year
- 1999
- ISBN-13
- 9780812545999
- Genre
- Science Fiction
- Topics
- First contact with alien civilizationTime dilation and space travelHuman exploration of the galaxy
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(1999)
Other awarded books from Poul Anderson
- A Midsummer Tempest
- The Boat of a Million Years
- Hrolf Kraki's Saga
- The Stars Are Also Fire
- The People of the Wind
- Orion Shall Rise
- The Fleet of Stars
- Fire Time
- Tau Zero
- The Byworlder
- The High Crusade
- The Star Fox
- There Will Be Time
- We Have Fed Our Sea (also known as The Enemy Stars)
- Dancer from Atlantis
- Genesis
- Harvest of Stars
- Mirkheim
- Mother of Kings
- The Avatar
- The Merman's Children
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