But the powerful Earth Fleet was sitll a presence in the Beyond, and Pell Station was to become the last stronghold in a titanic struggle between the vast, dynamic forces of the rebel Union and those who defended Earth's last, desperate grasp for the stars.
The importance of Earth faded and the Company reaped ever smaller profits as the economic focus of space turned outward. Then came Cyteen, and later others, and a new and frighteningly different society grew in the farther reaches of space. Earth was no longer the anchor which kept this vast empire from coming adrift, the one living mote in a sterile universe.īut Pell was just the first living planet. The discovery of Pell's World forever altered the power balance of the Beyond. Then came Pell, the first station centered around a newly discovered living planet. The Earth Company which ran this immense operation reaped incalculable profits and influenced the affairs of nations.
The Great Circle the interstellar freighters traveled was long, but not unmanageable, and the early Stations were emotionally and politically dependent on Mother Earth. The Beyond started with the Stations orbiting the stars nearest Earth. Urn:oclc:77466213 Republisher_date 20120225133308 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120225090001 Scanner Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel about interstellar war. OL60590W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 97.71 Pages 438 Ppi 643 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0740807331 Urn:lcp:downbelowstation00caro:lcpdf:88bb627c-d69c-46aa-b503-f13de737a4a7 The Hugo Award-winning classic sci-fi novel about interstellar war. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:02:08 Boxid IA172801 Boxid_2 CH119701 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Date-raw FebruDonorįriendsofthesanfranciscopubliclibrary External-identifier
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