Ring is hard-core science fiction of the best kind. Complex technology, astrophysics and relativity theory, and adventure interspersed with the intricacies of sociological pressures and human interaction all combine for a fantastic story.
The storyline centers around the voyage of the Northern traveling millions of years into the future over a subjective one thousand years. The planners, conceiving of the difficulties of a closed society trapped within a technological environment, built in redundancy to support the technology, but they could only guess at the evolution the societies aboard would encounter. Their guess barely touched upon reality. And so the adventure begins as the survivors race to save humanity from the evil Xeelee, only to find a new unexpected foe when they reach their timely destination. If this little bit peaks your interest try this excerpt.
About this Book
Ring is a Harper science fiction novel published in NY
copyright 1994 by Stephen Baxter
First printing: June 1996
Links to Ring Sites
- Stephen Baxter Fan Page - Don't miss some of this fan's other sites of interest: The Nature of Space and Time and Black Holes the Inside Story.
- Review by Mark L. Olson
- Postviews by Andrew Clayton
- Lysator Listing of Other Works by Stephen Baxter
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