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Cauldron
by Jack McDevittEdited by Ginjer Buchanan Cover Artist: Larry Price Review by Ernest Lilley Ace Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 9780441015252 Date: 06 November 2007 List Price $24.95 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Article / There's something you've got to love about a book that begins with the dateline "Cherry Hill, New Jersey, December 16, 2165". It's the future, but somehow the very fact that there's still a Cherry Hill makes it seem close enough to reach out and touch, or be touched by. It's this sense of future imminent that permeates Jack McDevitt's work. It's the day after tomorrow, or maybe the week after, but it's a tomorrow that overlaps today. A century and a half or so from now we've gone to the stars, but found them about as interesting as the surface of the moon, which is to say, not very. What we've really missed is finding anyone worth have a good long talk with, though we've found some dead civilizations and some pretty lame ones along the way. Spaceflight has gotten tame, lame, and once again, on the wane. From official release/information: Book Description: The year is 2255. The academy that trained the starfarers is long gone and veteran star pilot Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins spends her retirement supporting fund-raising efforts for The Prometheus Foundation, a privately funded organization devoted to deep space exploration. (Source: Ace)
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