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A review by jessring
Marooned in Realtime by Vernor Vinge
5.0
This is a murder-mystery, sci-fi gem. Classic but not dated.
Imagine a technology that allowed you to encase yourself in an indestructible bobble where you are in stasis until the bobble opens after a predetermined amount of time - a year, 10 years, 10,000 years. Some might play the stock market then bobble themselves for 100 years and come out to claim their riches. Some might just want to travel ahead to enjoy a more advanced civilization. What would happen when this technology is abused and used against people? What would happen if you came out of your bobble and everything was gone?
This is part of a series but a very stand-alone book. I was advised to read this first but I will be going back to read The Peace War.
Imagine a technology that allowed you to encase yourself in an indestructible bobble where you are in stasis until the bobble opens after a predetermined amount of time - a year, 10 years, 10,000 years. Some might play the stock market then bobble themselves for 100 years and come out to claim their riches. Some might just want to travel ahead to enjoy a more advanced civilization. What would happen when this technology is abused and used against people? What would happen if you came out of your bobble and everything was gone?
This is part of a series but a very stand-alone book. I was advised to read this first but I will be going back to read The Peace War.