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The Thing Itself

Paperback • 2016 • 1. edition

The Thing Itself

By Adam Roberts

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About the book

Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenter's The Thing.Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is practical and open. The other surly, superior and obsessed with reading one book - by the philosopher Kant.As a storm brews and they lose contact with the outside world they debate Kant, reality and the em...Show more

Science fiction

Book details

ISBN

9780575127739

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

The Thing Itself

Format

Paperback

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