The Paradox of the Sets

Book Details

The Paradox of the Sets

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Author(s):

Brian M Stableford

First Pub:

1979

Genre(s):

Science Fiction

First Read:

2021

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 2

18 chapter

Epilogue

Internal ID:

2572

Series:

<- Balance of Power

Daedalus Mission*

#6 of 6

Daedalus Mission*

A series of books by Brian M Stableford originally published by Daw Books.

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1) The Florians
2) Critical Threshold
3) Wildeblood's Empire
4) The City of the Sun
5) Balance of Power
6) The Paradox of the Sets

Copyright:

Dedication:

For Dave and Hazel Langford

First Sentence:

The chapter of accidents began as soon as if found the opportunity.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

All you have to do is try."

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Added: 02-Nov-2019

Last Updated: 23-Aug-2022

Publications

02-Oct-1979

DAW Books

Paperback

Date Issued:

02-Oct-1979

Format:

Paperback

Cover Price:

$1.75

Pages*:

176

Catalog ID:

UE1493

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 19 Jul 2021 - 28 Jul 2021

Cover Link(s):

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1793

Publisher:

DAW Books

ISBN:

0-879-97493-1

ISBN-13:

978-0-879-97493-0

Printing:

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

H R Van Dongen - Cover Artist

THE
DAEDELUS MISSION:6

The setup on the colonized planet Geb seemed ideal for humanity. Beside its habitable climate, it also possessed a ready-made slave-labor reserve. There were semi-intelligent natives, humanoid, unaggresive, willing to work. And so the colony thrived....

By the time that the recontact ship Daedelus arrived with its trained Earth scientists, things had become less simple. The enigma of the native Sets jarred with the types of life on Geb. It had become obvious that the Sets with their slave programming must have originated elsewhere - might even be an android creation.

And that left the Daedelus with the gretest and most important problem of their whole cruise. Who were the originators of these Sets? Did Earth have a competitor Out There?

A DAW BOOKS ORIGINAL
NEVER
BEFORE IN PAPERBACK

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Notes and Comments:

First Printing, October 1979
First printing based on the number line

Author(s)

Brian M Stableford
Birth: 25 Jul 1948 Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Awards

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