The very far future: The galaxy is a drifting wreck of black holes, neutron stars, and chill white dwarfs. The age of star formation is long past. Yet there is life here, feeding off the energies of the stellar remnants, and there is mind, a...
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Автор: Baxter Stephen
Серия: Бесконечная земля
Язык: английский
Год: 2015
Статус: Закончена
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