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Nemesis - Isaac Asimov

Description: ISBN 055340069X / Author: Isaac Asimov / Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy

Newest Review: ... System and feel a great pity for the planet their ancestors inhabited many years ago. One such settlement is Rotor; the ... more

... commander of Rotor has made it his life's work to find a planet that the Rotorians can make into a home. They've discovered the art of Hyper Assistance as a quicker way to travel through space and now they can travel at the speed of light, even a planet many, many light years away can be reached as easily as travelling across the Earth to Australia. When scientist Eugenia Insigna happens to see a 'Red Dwarf' star which isn't in our Solar System and isn't governed by our Sun, the 'big knobs' on Rotor are excited to say t...more

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Nemesis - Isaac Asimov: Will Earth be destroyed? (755 words)
by chrisandmark - written on 20/08/03 (Very useful, 130 readings)
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According to the Oxford English Dictionary, NEMESIS means: 'One that inflicts relentless vengance or destruction.' So in the year 2220 when a new planet is discovered and named Nemesis by the scientist who first saw it you start to wonder about the implications of the new name. 'Nemesis' (the book, not the planet) is set way in the future and although Sci-Fi isn't usually my choice of reading material, this book had me enthralled from the minute I started reading it. In the year 2220 life on Earth is completely different to how we know it now. To put a finer point on it, Earth isn't the be-all-and-end-all of humanity - in fact, groups of people have started ...

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