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The Hunter: A Scientific Novel. 2014 ed.
・ISBN 978-3-319-02059-4 paper EUR 19.99
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| 著者・編者 | Genta, Giancarlo, |
|---|---|
| シリーズ | (Science and Fiction) |
| 出版社 | (Springer International Publishing AG, SZ) |
| 出版年月 | 2013 |
| ページ数 | 130 pp. |
| 言語 | ENG |
| ニュース番号 | ＜A05-18662＞ |
解説
The 24th century: humankind has become a spacefaring civilization, colonizing the solar system and beyond. While no alien forms of life have yet been encountered in this expansion into space, colonists suddenly encounter machines of alien origin - huge robots able to reproduce themselves. Called replicators by the colonists, they seem to have but a single goal: to destroy all organic life they come in contact with.
Since the colonial governments have no means to fight this menace directly, they instead promise huge rewards to whoever destroys a replicator. As a result, the frontier attracts a new kind of adventurers, the Hunters, who work to find and destroy the replicators. Mike Edwards, a skilled young maintenance technician and robotics expert at a faraway outpost, will not only become one of them - but be the very first one to unlock the secret behind the replicators' origin and mission.
The scientific and technical aspects underlying the plot - in particular space travel, robotics and self-replicating spacecraft - are introduced and discussed by the author in an extensive non-technical appendix.