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_aBova, Ben, _d1932-2020 |
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe towers of Titan |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2023 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories January 1962. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2023-12-05 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Towers of Titan" by Ben Bova is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around the enigmatic and ancient machines located on Titan, Saturn's largest moon, and the efforts of a group of Earth scientists to decipher their purpose and origins. With themes of exploration and the confrontation of the unknown, the book delves into the complexities of human curiosity and the existential dread that arises from encountering a seemingly incomprehensible alien technology. The story follows Dr. Sidney Lee, an anthropologist who returns to Titan after an earlier emotional breakdown caused by the mysteries surrounding the towers and their continuous operation for millions of years. As Lee reintegrates into the scientific community, he grapples with the unknown alongside his colleague Elaine. The team struggles to understand the functionality of the towers, which are found to be manipulating gravity waves that could affect Earth's climate over time. Discovering that the machines were likely built by a hostile alien race, the narrative culminates in Lee's realization that understanding this alien technology is crucial for the future of humanity. Ultimately, the book is a gripping exploration of humanity's quest for knowledge in the face of potential existential threats from the cosmos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1961 |
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| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aTitan (Satellite) -- Fiction | ||
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_aEmshwiller, Ed, _d1925-1990 |
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| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Amazing Stories January 1962. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72339 |
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