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050 00 $aPR6005.L36$bT56 2004
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100 1 $aClarke, Arthur C.$q(Arthur Charles),$d1917-2008.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006997
245 10 $aTime's eye /$cArthur C. Clarke and Stephen Baxter.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bBallantine,$c2004.
300 $a337 pages ;$c25 cm +$e1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aTime odyssey ;$v1
500 $a"A Del Rey book"--T.p. verso.
505 2 $aIncludes CD-ROM: Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Baxter : two SF masters, one SF vision. Contents: Adobe eBook edition of Manifold / Stephen Baxter -- Adobe eBook edition of Evolution / Stephen Baxter -- Adobe eBook edition of Creating Time's eye: two pioneering voices, one epic vision: an in-depth look (Includes: A conversation with Sir Arthur C. Clarke -- An essay on the vision of Arthur C. Clarke -- Extensive bios and bibliographies and more) -- Adobe Acrobat 6.0 software -- Acrobat eBook reader software.
520 1 $a"For eons, Earth has been under observation by the Firstborn, beings almost as old as the universe itself. The Firstborn are unknown to humankind - until they act. In an instant, Earth is carved up and reassembled like a huge jigsaw puzzle. Suddenly the planet and every living thing on it no longer exist in a single timeline. Instead, the world becomes a patchwork of eras, from prehistory to 2037, each with its own indigenous inhabitants." "Scattered across the planet are floating silver orbs impervious to all weapons and impossible to communicate with. Are these technologically advanced devices responsible for creating and sustaining the rifts in time? Are they cameras through which inscrutable alien eyes are watching? Or are they something stranger and more terrifying still?" "The answer may lie in the ancient city of Babylon, where two groups of refugees from 2037 - three cosmonauts returning to Earth from the International Space Station, and three United Nations peacekeepers on a mission in Afghanistan - have detected radio signals: the only such signals on the planet, apart from their own. The peacekeepers find allies in nineteenth-century British troops and in the armies of Alexander the Great. The cosmonauts, crash-landed in the steppes of Asia, join forces with the Mongol horde led by Genghis Khan. The two sides set out for Babylon, each determined to win the race for knowledge... and the power that lies within." "Yet the real power is beyond human control, perhaps even human understanding. As two great armies face off before the gates of Babylon, it watches, waiting."--BOOK JACKET.
655 7 $aScience fiction.$2gsafd
700 1 $aBaxter, Stephen.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92077680
800 1 $aClarke, Arthur C.$q(Arthur Charles),$d1917-2008.$tTime odyssey ;$v1.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003057328
852 00 $bglx$hPR6005.L36$iT56 2004$zAccompanied by 1 CD-ROM