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  • Survival

  • The Star Quest Trilogy, Book 3
  • By: Ben Bova
  • Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
  • Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (91 ratings)

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Survival

By: Ben Bova
Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
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Summary

When a human team is sent to scout a few hundred light-years in front of the death wave, it encounters a civilization far in advance of our own, a civilization of machine intelligences.These sentient, intelligent machines have existed for eons and have survived earlier "death waves" - gamma-ray bursts from the core of the galaxy. They are totally self-sufficient, completely certain that the death wave cannot harm them, and utterly uninterested in helping to save other civilizations, whether organic or machine.

But now that the humans have discovered them, they refuse to allow them to leave their planet, reasoning that other humans will inevitably follow if they learn of their existence.

©2017 Ben Bova (P)2017 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Fantasy Adventure First Contact Hard Science Fiction Space Exploration
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Good story

Interesting story line and ideas about the interaction between human explorers and intelligent machines. Lead character well written and engaging.

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the best in the series

a lot less politics this time around. a giant vista of a novel reminding me of why I love this genre so much. Well done all.

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