King David's spaceship
by Jerry Pournelle
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Four levels of technology collide in this fascinating sci-fi thriller about a Renaissance general racing to extract the secrets of space flight from a forgotten library guarded by barbarians on horseback before the bureaucrats of a re-ascendant galactic empire can finish classifying the Renaissance general's world as a flightless backwater planet fit only for subjugation and exploitation. As is often the case in hard sci-fi, the characters' personalities are neglected in favor of in-depth discussion of military tactics, historical speculation, and political economy, but the writing is tight, thoughtful, and fun, so it's not too hard to suspend your disbelief.
This book is a sort of sequel to the much more famous The Mote in God's Eye, but the events are largely independent.
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King Davids Spaceship Uk
Publish date unknown, Macdonald Co(publ)ltd(englan
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0356085066 9780356085067
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"A substantially different version of a portion of this work appeared in Analog science fiction under the title: A spaceship for the King."
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