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EBook-of-the-Month
Available as an ebook edition from
Fictionwise
A
fter fifty-one long years of patient waiting,
the message has finally arrived. They have dedicated their lives to trying
to decipher the eerie silence that resounds from space and now there is
finally a sound after decades of quiet.
In the beginning there is a hail of celebration, the Project has finally
produced results, but then the questions begin. What does the message mean?
Could it be 'We come in peace' or 'Get ready for world domination'?
The message baffles Earth. Only one man has the power to make the decision
and it could mean intergalactic warfare if he makes the wrong choice.
Director MacDonald holds in his hands the fate of Earth, the universe
and the Project, which is dedicated to answering questions
that have plagued humanity for centuries. Will he make the correct choice?
In his preface to the novel, author James Gunn writes: "...Decades have passed
since the novel was published, and more than a fourth of the century-long project.
SETI projects on both coasts are still hard at work, trying to pick up messages
from the stars, and they continue - without positive results.
If the novel has any claims to vision, its insight may be found
in its evaluation of human desire and persistence in the face of continuing
discouragement. But we are approaching the period when the novel begins,
and maybe the signal we all have been awaiting - that we are not alone -
will soon be received."
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