Isbn: 9798190425086 - warm tea at the edge of the galaxy (4 resultados)

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware - He went to the edge of the galaxy to be alone. He did not expect to be found. Kaan is thirty years old and stationed twelve light-years from a dying Earth, maintaining a navigation beacon in a system no other human will visit for a decade. He eats the same gray nutrient paste every day. He watches the same debris field. He is, by his own considered choice, entirely alone Then a ship arrives that should not be there. Out steps a woman in a silver dress, carrying a thermos of perfect Turkish tea and a fat orange cat named Cem. She says she was in the neighborhood. She is not from Earth. She is not from anywhere Kaan has a name for. And she has been listening to the specific frequency of his loneliness from four light-years away. What follows is one of the most quietly extraordinary journeys in recent science fiction From the magnetic music of a gas giant's storm, to a planet whose atmosphere is the exact color of strong black tea, to a nebula where stars are being born in real time, to the galactic halo where the entire Milky Way is visible as a shape, Kaan travels farther than any human being in history. And in doing so, he learns what he was actually looking for. Warm Tea at the Edge of the Galaxy is a novel about solitude and connection, about the specific quality of attention that makes a life feel worth living, and about what it means to be a rare and temporary arrangement of ancient matter in a universe that does not ask permission to be beautiful. Perfect for readers who loved Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir for the grounded, curious, technically precise voice The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers for the warmth, the found family, and the focus on the journey over the destination Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes for the intimacy of the first-person log structure If you believe the universe is both enormous and personal, this book was written for you Scroll up and start reading today.…

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