Between the Strokes of Night [Mass Market Paperback]

Charles Sheffield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 2004

After the Nuclear Spasm in the 21st century, homo sapiens was extinct, save for a tiny remnant scattered in small, primitive space colonies. At first Solar Humanity had only one goal: survival. But when the battle for existence was won, humankind began moving outward in slow, multi-generation space ships, and as then millennia passed, planet-based civilisations emerged in many star systems. In the year 27,698 A.D, to these new worlds come the Immortals, beings with strange ties to ancient Earth, who seem to live forever, who can travel light years in days - and who use their strange powers to control the existence of ordinary mortals. On the planet Pentecost, a small group sets out to find and challenge the Immortals. But in the search they themselves are changed: as Immortals, they discover a new threat, not just to themselves, but to the galaxy itself.

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"One of the field's most inventively readable practicing scientists ... Sheffield clothes the most advanced speculations of modern science in alluring form. ..."

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Baen (April 27, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743488245
• ISBN-13: 978-0743488242
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,192,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from here to eternity - book your seat, February 11, 2000

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"peterf1966" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Strokes of Night (Paperback)

It's not often that a book can start here and now and finish at the end of the universe, and keep the same characters.

If you want to know how to travel faster than light (and forget all that Star Trek warping nonsense) this is the book. The way to the stars is really shown, this really could happen. Charles Sheffield demonstrates the only way the human race could ever venture beyond the solar system, and with a wealth of belivable and sympathetic characters and plot. For and sci-fi fan this is an absolute must read.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A look into the future., July 21, 2005

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deadguynumber3 "Mike" (Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Strokes of Night (Paperback)

Sheffield's writing style and use of current scientific facts to create a plausible future is present in all his science fiction books. BTSON is a fresh take on immortality, like his similar book, Tomorrow and Tomorrow. If you are interested in neurology, sociology, or just science fiction, this is a great book.

5.0 out of 5 stars It is simply one of the best 100 sci-fi books ever writen., May 26, 2000

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"phyed-rautha" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Between the Strokes of Night (Paperback)

I dont why i've always thougt that BTSON is writen in the same style of Larry niven. Exellent science, cool charecters ( the kind that can take care of themselves in any situation ), and really amzing ideas about big things like immortality, and about small things like the fact that in s-state everything looks a bit different because of pseudo-red shift. Anyway, allthough im a big Niven fan, this time Sheffield took Niven in his own style. get this book. Its really a masterpiece. Its a shame that sheffield is not acknowledged as the giant he is.