The clockwork rocket
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The clockwork rocket
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Physical Description:
328 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Series:
Orthogonal ; bk. 1
Summary:
"In Yalda's universe, light has no universal speed and its creation generates energy. On Yalda's world, plants make food by emitting their own light into the dark night sky. As a child, Yalda witnesses one of a series of strange meteors, the Hurtlers, that are entering the planetary system at an immense, unprecedented speed. It becomes apparent that her world is in imminent danger--and the task of dealing with the Hurtlers will require knowledge and technology far beyond anything her civilization has yet achieved! Only one solution seems tenable: if a spacecraft can be sent on a journey at sufficiently high speed, its trip will last many generations for those on board, but it will return after just a few years have passed at home. The travelers will have a chance to discover the science their planet urgently needs, and bring it back in time to avert disaster."--Dust jacket flap.
Publication Information:
San Francisco, CA : Night Shade, c2011.
Subject:
Space flight -- Fiction. |
Meteors -- Fiction. |
Technology -- Fiction. |
Science fiction |
Rocket flight |
Space travel |
Spaceflight |
Astronomical meteors |
Falling stars |
Fireballs (Meteors) |
Shooting stars (Meteors) |
Stars, Falling |
Stars, Shooting |
Applied science |
Arts, Useful |
Science, Applied |
Useful arts |
Science -- Fiction |
Science -- Juvenile fiction |
Science stories |
SAILS ISBN:
9781597802277