Across the border E-Book

Phil Revok

• Herausgeber: Youcanprint
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

From behind the windowpane, I admire once again the reason that led me to sacrifice my life as a common mortal to become a cosmonaut. That’s right, a cosmonaut, not simply an astronaut: to travel in exploration beyond our star, the Sun; to have for the first time ever, the opportunity to meet intelligent beings from other planets, other civilisations with whom to communicate and establish a dialogue.

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Phil Revok

ACROSS THE BORDER

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Titolo | Across the border Autore | Phil Revok ISBN | 9788891137852 Prima edizione digitale: 2014 Tradotto in inglese da Silvia Franceschetti - www.auroratraduzioni.it

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CONTENTS

I – The Magellan Mission

II – The Spacecraft

III – Testing the Chrononave

IV – From the Solar System to the Zavijava System

V – The Zavijavians

VI – The Peace Delegation

VII – Unexpected Help

Epilogue – A Peace-Loving People

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"The World is a book

and those who do not travel read only a page."

St. Augustine

I THE MAGELLAN MISSION

From behind the windowpane, I admire once again the reason that led me to sacrifice my life as a common mortal to become a cosmonaut. That’s right, a cosmonaut, not simply an astronaut: to travel in exploration beyond our star, the Sun; to have for the first time ever, the opportunity to meet intelligent beings from other planets, other civilisations with whom to communicate and establish a dialogue. From my quarters, I can see the launch pad from where rockets put satellites into orbit. Although I work at the base, I often don't have time to watch the take-off, so I watch recordings from the digital archive. It's always a great thrill for someone who's focused their ambitions on deep space. The sound of a bell ringing brings me back to reality, and I realise that someone is at my door waiting to talk to me. I go to the door and press the button to open it: there's a man in military uniform who I've never seen here at the base before. I remember from my days at the academy that his insignia is that of a lieutenant.