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Robinson, Kim Stanley.
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Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Fiction.
Religion and science -- Italy -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Space colonies -- Fiction.
Outer space -- Fiction.
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Robinson, Kim Stanley.
Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Fiction.
Religion and science -- Italy -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Space colonies -- Fiction.
Outer space -- Fiction.
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Galileo
's
dream
/ Kim Stanley Robinson.
by
Robinson, Kim Stanley.
Ballantine Books, c2010.
Call #:
FICTION ROB
Subjects
Galilei,
Galileo
, 1564-1642 -- Trials, litigation, etc. -- Fiction.
Religion and science -- Italy -- History -- 17th century -- Fiction.
Space colonies -- Fiction.
Outer space -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780553806595 (alk. paper)
9780553590876 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
527 p. ; 24 cm.
Summary:
"To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons,
Galileo
is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring
Galileo
forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means
Galileo
must be burned at the stake, so be it. Yet between his brief and jarring visitations to this future,
Galileo
must struggle against the ignorance and superstition of his own time. And it is here that Robinson is at his most brilliant, showing
Galileo
in all his contradictions and complexity. Robinson's
Galileo
is a tour de force of imaginative and historical empathy: the shining center around which the novel revolves. From
Galileo
's heresy trial to the politics of far-future Jupiter, from the canals of Venice to frozen, mysterious Europa, Robinson illuminates the parallels between a distant past and an even more remote future—in the process celebrating the human spirit and calling into question the convenient truths of our own moment in time."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Science fiction.
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Alderney Gate Public Library
Adult Science Fiction
FICTION ROB
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