Shipstar: A Science Fiction Novel (Pre-Owned Hardcover 9780765328700) by Gregory Benford Larry Niven

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9780765328700. Very good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 415. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 415 p. Contains: Illustrations black & white Line drawings black & white. Science fiction masters Larry Niven (Ringworld) and Gregory Benford (Timescape) continue the thrilling adventure of a human expedition to another star system that is jeopardized by an encounter with an astonishingly immense artifact in interstellar space: a bowl-shaped structure cupping a star with a habitable area equivalent to many millions of Earths. And which tantalizingly is on a direct path heading toward the same system the human ship is to colonize. Investigating the Bowl or Shipstar the human explorers are separated--one group captured by the gigantic structure s alien inhabitants the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape--while the mystery of the Shipstar s origins and purpose propel the human voyagers toward discoveries that transform their understanding of their place in the universe --