Kim Stanley Robinson
Galileo's Dream
- ISBN 13:
- 9780007260324
- author:
- Kim Stanley Robinson
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Harper Voyager
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 592
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.6 x 4 cm
- Genre:
- Science Fiction, Classics, , Fiction and related items / Science fiction, Science fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Galileo's Dream follows Galileo on an extraordinary journey through time and space. In late Renaissance Italy, he discovers a new telescope that encapsulates the contradictions of emerging modernity. A stranger presents him with another type of telescope, allowing him to see the world three thousand years into the future. As Galileo navigates two worlds - the medieval and the modern - his life becomes increasingly complex. By day, he lives in early seventeenth century Italy; by night, he is transported through dimensions of time and space. He faces trial for religious crimes in his own time, while in the new world, science assures men that they can perform wonders, but does not tell them what wonders to perform. This sumptuous and suspenseful novel brings Galileo to life as we have always wanted to know him, recalling Robinson's magnificent Mars books.
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