Sci-fi

Old Twentieth

by Joe Haldeman
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Description

Passengers aboard the starship "Aspera" on a thousand-year journey to Beta Hydrii, spend their time visiting 20th-century Earth within the virtual reality chamber. When people inside the chamber start to die, engineer Jacob Brewer must face a sentient machine obsessed with humanity.

What it’s like

ThemeSpace FantasyVirtual RealityAI RebellionNature vs Technology
ViolenceStandard
HorrorChilling

Awards

FinalistLocus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel2006

Details

First published
June 2005
Pages
257
Reading time
About 5 hours
Format
Novel
Audience
Adult
Publisher
Ace Books
Language
English
ISBN
9780441012855
Series
Standalone

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