
Old Twentieth
The passengers aboard the starship Ad Astra spend most of their time on the thousand-year journey to Beta Hydrii within the virtual reality of twentieth-century Earth. There, they can experience nostalgia for the hardship of a life they've since evolved beyond. But when people inside the virtual reality chamber start to die, engineer Jacob Brewer finds himself face-to-face with a sentient machine obsessed with humanity. It has put itself in charge of the ship. And it wants to talk to Jacob...
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Ace Books
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780441012855
- Genre
- Science FictionCrime & Thriller
- Topics
- Virtual realitySpace travelArtificial intelligence
Awards
- Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelShortlisted(2006)
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