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Featured Book: Galileo’s Dream

August sees the release of the paperback of Kim Stanley Robinson‘s Galileo’s Dream. If you’re looking for a new book by one of the giants of science fiction, look no further – and if you don’t believe me, take a look at some of these reviews…

‘Galileo’s Dream, however, is a gleaming return to form for one of the world’s best SF writers: thought-provoking and moving in equal measure… Elegant, charming, funny and profound, Galileo’s Dream is magnifico.’ Guardian

 …very thought-provoking and fresh science fiction novel with a very engrossing story challenging preconceptions about time, reality and history itself. Recommended.’ Science Fiction and Fantasy book reviews

‘Galileo’s Dream is a richly rewarding read that I thoroughly enjoyed.’ A.L. Rutter – Floor to Ceiling Books

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Synopsis under the cut…

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Kim Stanley Robinson

Kim Stanley Robinson was born in 1952 and, after travelling and working around the world, has now settled in his beloved California. He is widely regarded as the finest science fiction writer working today, noted as much for the verisimilitude of his characters as the meticulously researched hard science basis of his work. He has won just about every major sf award there is to win and is the author of the massively successful and lavishly praised Mars series.

Want to know more about Kim Stanley Robinson?

List of KSR’s books by title

Now Out from Kim Stanley Robinson:

Galileo’s Dream (Paperback – August 2010)

Read an Extract from Galileo’s Dream

In Late Renaissance Italy the great scientist Galileo creates a powerful new telescope to explore the universe.

But one night a stranger presents a different kind of telescope for Galileo to peer through, and Galileo himself is not sure if he is in a dream, an enchantment, a vision, or something yet undefined.

Galileo will soon find himself straddling two worlds: the medieval and the modern. By day his life unfurls in the early seventeenth-century Italy, by night he is transported through dimensions of time and space no other man of his time could comprehend.

This sumptuous and suspenseful novel brings to us Galileo as we have always wanted to know him.

List of Kim Stanley Robinson’s books

   

   

    

 

     

   

 

     

 

 


Voyager; 2009 Round-up

Our authors have brought you some wonderful worlds to escape into this year, from favourite destinations, such as Midkemia and the Rain Wilds, to virgin territories like Thesia and The Devona Set; so many in fact, that it would be impossible – ok, annoying – to list them all for you in one newsletter. So here’s just a taste of the adventures Voyager fans enjoyed – or have yet to enjoy – from the year 2009…

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