Old Twentieth
Old Twentieth
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Old Twentieth by Joe Haldeman
The twentieth century lies hundreds of years in humanity's past. But the near-immortal citizens of the future yearn for the good old days--when people's bodies were susceptible to death through disease and old age. Now, they immerse themselves in virtual reality time machines to explore the life-to-death arc that defined existence so long ago.Jacob Brewer is a virtual reality engineer, overseeing the time machine's operation aboard the starship Aspera. But on the thousand-year voyage to Beta Hydrii, the eight-hundred member crew gets more reality than they expect when people entering the machine start to die.
Joe Haldeman is a Vietnam veteran whose classic novels The Forever War and Forever Peace both have the rare honor of having won the Hugo and Nebula awards. He has served twice as president of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and is currently an adjunct professor teaching writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His other novels include The Accidental Time Machine and the Marsbound Trilogy: Marsbound, Starbound, and Earthbound.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780441012855 |
| ISBN 10 | 044101285X |
| Title | Old Twentieth |
| Author | Joe Haldeman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Year published | 2005-08-02 |
| Number of pages | 257 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |