Given that the suns of Draco stretch almost sixteen light years from end to end, it stands to reason that the cost of transportation is the most important factor of the 32nd century. And since Illyrion is the element most needed for space travel, Lorq von Ray is plenty willing to fly through the core of a recently imploded sun in order to obtain seven tons of it. The potential for profit is so great that Lorq has little difficulty cobbling together an alluring crew that includes a gypsy musician and a moon-obsessed scholar interested in the ancient art of writing a novel. What the crew doesn't know, though, is that Lorq's quest is actually fueled by a private revenge so consuming that he'll stop at nothing to achieve it. In the grandest manner of speculative fiction, Nova is a wise and witty classic that casts a fascinating new light on some of humanity's oldest truths and enduring myths.
About the Author
Samuel R. Delany lives in Harlem, New York.
Reviews
"One of the most complete and fully realized pictures of an interstellar society that I have ever read." --"Science Fiction Times"
"As of this book [Samuel R. Delany] is the best science-fiction writer in the world." --Galaxy
"A fast-action farflung interstellar adventure; [an] archetypal mystical/mythical allegory; [a] modern myth told in the S-F idiomEand lots more." --"Fantasy and Science Fiction"
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Set Your Controls For the Heart Of the Sun.
But only if you really, really, really need to.
A spaceship captain gathers a ragtag crew for a tour around the joint to collect rare elements that are worth quite a bit in this society before the final stunt that you can probably guess at from the title.
Also has elements such as jacking into machines, and odd gadgets. This is all reasonable. Throwing in yet another tedious use of Tarot literally and symbolically drags it down, as does the extremely rushed final part.
Probably more interesting 40 years or so ago, but very mundane now.
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