Neptune Crossing (The Chaos Chronicles, Vol 1) - Softcover

Carver, Jeffrey A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812535154 ISBN 13: 9780812535150

Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc, 1995

Synopsis

When John Bandicut sets out across the surface of Triton, he's hardly ready for the storm of chaos that's about to blow through his life. The alien quarx that soon inhabits his mind is humanity's first contact with an alien life. The quarx, part of an ancient galactic civilization that manipulates chaos theory to predict catastrophic events, seeks to prevent a cometary collision that could destroy the Earth. But it must have help. If Bandicut chooses to trust the quarx, he must break all the rules--indeed, sacrifice his life as he knows it--to prevent humanity's greatest cataclysm. Leaving friends and lover behind, hurtling across the solar system in a stolen spaceship, Bandicut can only pray that his actions will save the Earth--even if he doesn't live to see it again. From the Nebula-nominated author of Eternity's End.

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey A. Carver was a Nebula Award finalist for his novel Eternity's End. He also authored Battlestar Galactica, a novelization of the critically acclaimed television miniseries. His novels combine thought-provoking characters with engaging storytelling, and range from the adventures of the Star Rigger universe (Star Rigger's Way, Dragons in the Stars, and others) to the ongoing, character-driven hard SF of The Chaos Chronicles--which begins with Neptune Crossing and continues with Strange Attractors, The Infinite Sea, and Sunborn. A native of Huron, Ohio, Carver lives with his family in the Boston area. He has taught writing in a variety of settings, from educational television to conferences for young writers to MIT, as well as his ongoing Ultimate Science Fiction Workshop with Craig Shaw Gardner. He has created a free web site for aspiring authors of all ages at writesf.com. Learn more about the author and his work at starrigger.net.

Review:

''[A] promising series kickoff about an astronaut exploring the surface of Neptune's moon, Triton, Carver masterfully captures the joy of exploration...[a] love story combines amusingly with an unlikely case of xenophobia, and a fiery conclusion sets Bandicut up for further adventures...[a] fine rendering of difficult scientific concepts.'' --Publishers Weekly

''[A] captivating opener to a...series incorporating the emerging science of chaos theory...Carver has created yet another electrifying scenario as well as a winning combination in Bandicut and the sometimes vulnerable yet super intelligent quarx. First-rate entertainment.'' --Booklist

''Jeff Carver is a hard sf writer who gets it right -- his science and his people are equally convincing. Neptune Crossing combines his strengths, from a chilling look at alien machine intelligence, to cutting-edge chaos theory, to the pangs of finite humans in the face of the infinite. If you like intriguing ideas delivered in an exciting plot, this is your meat.'' --Gregory Benford, astrophysicist and Nebula Award-winning author

''A complex and believable protagonist -- an ordinary man rising to extraordinary circumstances -- and an alien presence that is at once convincingly strange and deeply real. I'm really glad to have read this one.'' --Melissa Scott, author of Wind Raker

''A roaring, cross-the-solar-system adventure of the first water. The kind of stuff that made us all love science fiction.'' --Jack McDevitt, Nebula Award-winning author of Coming Home

''The author of Dragons in the Stars and The Infinity Link excels at exuberant storytelling as he explores the very real day-to-day problems of playing host to an internal guest. Hard-science aficionados will delight in the story's focus on chaos theory; general sf fans will appreciate the adventure and mood.'' --Library Journal

''One of the very best things Carver has written, a traditional adventure filled with mystery and wonder and featuring a likable and believable protagonist thrust onto a stage for which he is ill prepared.'' --Science Fiction Chronicle

About this edition

• Publisher: Tom Doherty Assoc Llc
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0812535154
• ISBN 13: 9780812535150
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 383