Divergence, Charles Sheffield
Divergence, Charles Sheffield
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Divergence
The Heritage Universe series, Book 2

Author: Charles Sheffield

Narrator: Geoffrey Howard

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/04/2011

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

For millennia, humankind and the other intelligent races have studied the bizarre and unfathomable constructs of the legendary beings known as the Builders. But still, they are no closer to figuring out whoor whatthe Builders were, or where they have gone. For Darya Lang, who has singlehandedly catalogued their artifacts for the rest of the universe, finding the Builders has been a lifelong dream. To Louis Nenda and the Cecropian Atvar Hsial, the Builder artifacts represent a onceinalifetime shot at untold wealth, and adventurer Hans Rebka has his own dreams of unraveling their mystery. Then, on the world called Quake, during a period of planetary upheaval known as Summertide, a small group of humans and aliens witness the culmination of all those years of watching and waiting, as the planet opens upand something comes out.

About Charles Sheffield

Charles Sheffield (1935–2002) was a mathematician, physicist,
and author of both nonfiction and science fiction. For his novel Brother to Dragons, he won the 1992
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. He won the
Nebula Award in 1993 and the Hugo Award in 1994 for his novelette Georgia on My Mind. He was a president
of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical
Society. He served as chief scientist of Earth Satellite Corporation, a company
that processed remote sensing satellite data. He was a distinguished lecturer
of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and a board member of
the National Space Society. Born and educated in England, he held bachelor’s
and master’s degrees in mathematics and a doctorate in theoretical physics.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dirk

"The Eye of Gargantua is not a natural wonder of the stellar system. Because it is not natural." Divergence is the second instalment in Sheffield’s Heritage Universe series, and is a sequel to Summertide. It is also a novel of ideas, and doesn’t spend a lot of time on characterization. The characters......more

Goodreads review by Sushi (寿司)

*DLING DLING SPOILERS ALLERT* Finalmente un Urania decente. All'inizio mi ha lasciato un po' sfasata ma si leggeva bene. Ovviamente è normale considerando che non ho letto il primo volume. Poi piano piano tutti i punti sono andati a posto. Mi è piaciuto che ci siano pure gli intermezzi con la spiegaz......more

Goodreads review by Craig

Divergence is a sequel to Summertide and is the second book in what became known as Sheffield's Heritage Universe series. It's an exciting novel of big ideas on a big canvas, exploring cosmology and -really- ancient artifacts and all manner of interesting large-scale physics. He doesn't take much ex......more

Goodreads review by Scott

The pleasure of this book is in the world building. The amount of detail that went into crafting each alien species, their home world, culture, appearance, etc. is truly breathtaking. Throughout the book, there are encyclopedia-style journal entries about the varies races. While interesting to a cer......more

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