Starman's Quest
Robert Silverberg: "Starman's Quest"
Aegypan | ISBN: 1606643681 | 2009-02 | PDF | 124 Pages | 1,6 MB
Aegypan | ISBN: 1606643681 | 2009-02 | PDF | 124 Pages | 1,6 MB
The Lexman Spacedrive gave man the stars – but at a fantastic price. Interstellar exploration, colonization, and trade became things of reality. The benefits to Earth were enormous. But because of the Fitzgerald Contraction, a man who shipped out to space could never live a normal life on Earth again. Travelling at speeds close to that of light, spacemen lived at an accelerated pace. A nine-year trip to Alpha Centauri and back seemed to take only six weeks to men on a spaceship. When they returned, their friends and relatives had aged enormously in comparison, old customs had changed, even the language was different. Alan was a spacer, just like his whole family – until, suddenly and without intending to, he in turn jumped ship and remained on Earth!