Title: Vast
Title Record # 12553
Author: Linda Nagata
Date: 1998-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Nanotech Succession
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Current Tags: nanotechnology (1), posthuman (1), hard sf (1), science fiction (1) Add Tags
Author: Linda Nagata
Date: 1998-08-00
Type: NOVEL
Series: The Nanotech Succession
Series Number: 3
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Synopsis: From the back cover of the Bantam first edition: "Voyage into night - Aboard Null Boundary, a giant starship thousands of years old, four survivors of an ancient alien war are making a desperate journey: Lot, son of a fiery prophet and carrier of an insidious virus that spreads a cultlike religious mania among those it infects; Urban, Lot's boyhood friend from the city of Silk, and a man in search of challenge and adventure; Clemantine, cast adrift when her world was destroyed and yearning for revenge; and Nikko, sometimes a living man, but always the ship's disembodied mind.
They are bound for unknown territory. Ahead of them loom vast, lightless clouds of dust and gas where stars are born, and where the alien Chenzeme are believed to live. The Chenzeme are an enigmatic race whose automated warships have ravaged the living worlds of the galaxy's Orion arm for millions of years. But why? Null Boundary's crew is driven to find out - though in their quest to the discover the source of the Chenzeme, they must also explore the terrible truth of their own past, the meaning of revenge, and the price each one of them is willing to pay for survival."
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Awards
Place | Year and Award | Category |
---|---|---|
17 | 1999 Locus | Best SF Novel |
Preliminary Nominees | 1999 Nebula | Novel |
Publications
Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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Vast | 1998-08-00 | Linda Nagata | Bantam Spectra | 0-553-57630-5 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
403 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Bruce Jensen | |
Vast | 2000-03-00 | Linda Nagata | Gollancz / Orion | 0-575-06902-3 | £16.99?£: UK pound |
359 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel | Bob Eggleton | |
Vast | 2001-02-00 | Linda Nagata | Gollancz | 1-85798-745-4 | £6.99?£: UK pound |
359 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
novel | Bob Eggleton | |
Vast | 2010-11-24 | Linda Nagata | Mythic Island Press LLC | 978-0-9831100-3-3 | $5.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
novel | Bruce Jensen | ||
Vast | 2011-09-00 | Linda Nagata | Mythic Island Press LLC | 978-1-937197-04-9 | $13.95?$: US dollar |
446 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
novel | Bruce Jensen | |
The Nanotech Succession | date unknown | Linda Nagata | Mythic Island Press LLC | 978-1-937197-06-3 | $18.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
omni |
Reviews
- Review by Don D'Ammassa (1998) in Science Fiction Chronicle, #198 July-August 1998
- Review by Clinton Lawrence (1998) in Science Fiction Weekly, 10 Aug 1998
- Review by Gary K. Wolfe (1998) in Locus, #453 October 1998
- Review by Robert K. J. Killheffer [as by Robert Killheffer] (1998) in Event Horizon, October 8, 1998
- Review by Lisa DuMond (1998) in SF Site, September 1998, (1998)
- Review by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] (1999) in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1999
- Review by Paul Di Filippo (1999) in Asimov's Science Fiction, April 1999
- Review by Lawrence Person (1999) in Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1999
- Review by Robert W. Hayler (2000) in Vector 212
- Review by Chris Gilmore (2000) in Interzone, #157 July 2000
- Review by Patrick Hudson (2000) in The Zone, Summer 2000
- Review by uncredited (2001) in Vector 217
- Review by Damien Broderick and Paul Di Filippo (2012) in Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 , reprinted in:
- Science Fiction: The 101 Best Novels 1985-2010 (2012)