Star cluster

Author: Sawyer
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Science fiction cannot be separated from "science" and "fantasy." Star Cluster is one of Sawyer's "Space Series" works. Heavy losses. This is the opening sentence of Star Cluster. In just one sentence, the desperate situation faced by the cluster is unfolded before the readers. One of the reasons for the ship's destruction is the dark matter that permeates the universe, which is closely related to the "shortcut," a superluminal jump passage that facilitates humans and the other three intelligent races. The other reason for the ship's destruction is the conflict and struggle between races, which is also inseparable from the "shortcut." Captain Kaelen Lansen flies away from the cluster to the human base for help but gets lost in the middle, entering another time and space. It is the immortal intelligent beings in this time and space who send a batch of stars through the "shortcut" into the space where humans are located. Dark matter, cosmic balance, the origin of the world, racial conflicts, immortality, the meaning of human existence in the universe—Star Cluster covers all these propositions, which are presented to the readers in an intensified form from the very beginning. Star Cluster is a rare grand-scale science fiction masterpiece, drawing new frontiers for human imagination. It is precisely because of such works that the science fiction novel, this giant ship soaring through the universe, has its own keel. A group of passages known as "shortcuts" appear in the space where humans are located. Through these wormhole-like passages, humans achieve superluminal jumps. But these passages are obviously not naturally formed. Who built them? What is their purpose? A sudden surge of many stars emerges from the shortcuts, coming from distant parts of the universe into our space. Is it a blessing or a curse? Dark matter in the universe begins to gather at the entrances and exits of the shortcuts. Why? Star Cluster, a space exploration ship jointly built and managed by humans and three other intelligent races, sets sail. Accompanied by exchanges and wars between races, and the complex love and hatred between men and women, the cluster will unravel the mysterious puzzle and ultimately explain the meaning of human existence in the universe. This book is hailed as Robert Sawyer's most grandiose and imaginative space science fiction novel, forming a magnificent space series together with The Golden Fleece.