{"product_id":"spin-paperback","title":"Spin - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRobert Charles Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in a Tor Essentials edition, Robert Charles Wilson's \u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e, a Hugo-winning novel of breathtaking cosmic scope\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his backyard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless disk--a heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than inside--more than a hundred million years per day on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life to working against this slow-moving apocalypse. Diane throws herself into hedonism, marrying a sinister cult leader who's forged a new religion out of the fears of the masses. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEarth sends terraforming machines to Mars to let the onrush of time do its work, turning the planet green. Next they send humans...and immediately get back an emissary with thousands of years of stories to tell about the settling of Mars. Then Earth's probes reveal that an identical barrier has appeared around Mars. Jason, desperate, seeds near space with self-replicating machines that will scatter copies of themselves outward from the sun--and report back on what they find. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLife on Earth is about to get much, much stranger.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in California, \u003cb\u003eRobert Charles Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e lives in Toronto. \u003ci\u003eDarwinia \u003c\/i\u003ewon Canada's Aurora Award, \u003ci\u003eThe Chronoliths\u003c\/i\u003e won the John W. Campbell Award, and \u003ci\u003eBlind Lake\u003c\/i\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book. All three were Hugo finalists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52022059237677,"sku":"9781250237514","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/spin-paperback-6622037.webp?v=1777437306","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/spin-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}