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"All seasoned space travellers know that there are only eight charts reachable by traditional Galactic Hyperspace jump drives. Does the ninth chart exist? Can it be reached? If so, what’s there? A story of one man’s quest to answer this enigmatic question. Is a slightly chilling tale of the ‘Ooniverse’…"
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NB : To readers. This is a free creative-commons licensed ebook, and is available as such from the author's website at http://www.wagar.org.uk in Kindle format. It has been uploaded to Amazon officially by the author in order to prevent unauthorised uploads by ebook pirates which Amazon is unable to prevent. This message will be removed once Amazon sets the price to £/$/€ 0.00 (request outstanding). Any monies received by the author via Amazon in the interim will be donated to charity.
21 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 3, 2010
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About the author
Drew Wagar
40 books62 followersDrew Wagar is a science fiction and fantasy author, living in the UK. He is the author of the Hegira Series, the Shadeward Saga, The Midnight Chronicles, the Elect Saga and the official Elite Dangerous novelisations.
You can join a mailing list and discover more about Drew's books at his website.
www.drewwagar.com
You can join a mailing list and discover more about Drew's books at his website.
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September 6, 2015
This is a science fiction short based on the Oolite space trading game. No, I'd never heard of it, either. But you don't need to be familiar with this created Ooniverse to understand and enjoy this clever tale.
It's a multi-layered piece, with many themes, in spite of its brevity. But it can also be easily enjoyed as a simple story. The characters are all drawn with care and enough personality to make them real people rather than either caricatures or stereotypes.
The story moves at a good pace, employing appropriate scientific terminology to convey the action, whilst allowing the less knowledgeable to understand what is actually going on. A good balance between scientific reality and comprehension for the general reader.
I enjoyed the wonderfully portrayed in-fighting between the academics as much as the plausible emotional connection between the protagonist and his caring daughter. And the lovely twist at the end works beautifully.
Lovers of science fiction will enjoy this one. Recommended.
It's a multi-layered piece, with many themes, in spite of its brevity. But it can also be easily enjoyed as a simple story. The characters are all drawn with care and enough personality to make them real people rather than either caricatures or stereotypes.
The story moves at a good pace, employing appropriate scientific terminology to convey the action, whilst allowing the less knowledgeable to understand what is actually going on. A good balance between scientific reality and comprehension for the general reader.
I enjoyed the wonderfully portrayed in-fighting between the academics as much as the plausible emotional connection between the protagonist and his caring daughter. And the lovely twist at the end works beautifully.
Lovers of science fiction will enjoy this one. Recommended.
July 5, 2012
An extremely short reminder that what you consider a brilliant and beautiful idea may still turn out to be invalid.
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