312 pages
English language
Published Sept. 14, 2020 by MIT Press.
312 pages
English language
Published Sept. 14, 2020 by MIT Press.
Hal Bregg is an astronaut who returns from a space mission in which only 10 biological years have passed for him, while 127 years have elapsed on earth. He finds that the earth has changed beyond recognition, filled with human beings who have been medically neutralized. How does an astronaut join a civilization that shuns risk?