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Cargando... Anywhere But Herepor Jerry Oltion
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In a world dominated by America's heavy hand, an independent scientist reveals the secret of fast, cheap interstellar travel, sparking an exodus like none in history. When anyone with a few hundred dollars and a little ingenuity can build their own spaceship, even American citizens can't wait to get out from under the United States's domineering thumb. Trent and Donna Stinson, of Rock Springs, Wyoming, seal up their pickup for vacuum and go looking for a better life among the stars, but they soon learn that you can't outrun your problems. America's belligerent foreign policy is expanding just as fast as the world's refugees, threatening to destroy humanity's last chance for peaceful coexistence. When their own government tries to kill them for exercising the freedoms that people once took for granted, Trent and Donna reluctantly admit that America must be stopped. But how can patriotic citizens fight their own country? And how can they succeed where the rest of the world has failed? No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — Cargando... GénerosSistema Decimal Melvil (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999Clasificación de la Biblioteca del CongresoValoraciónPromedio:
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In The Getaway Special, Jerry Oltion tells the story of the invention of a hyperdrive that can be built cheaply from widely accessible parts. At one point a character adapts a septic tank into an interstellar craft. The inventor is a guy who thinks information wants to be free, so he releases the blueprint on the internet. In Anywhere But Here, he tells a story of some of the social consequences of making interstellar exploration available to anyone with the price of a pickup truck. I like the premise, but the book is not quite as much fun as I wish it were. I keep imagining what a writer like John Scalzi or Allen Steele could have done with this idea. 3.5 stars. ( )