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Wilson makes a cosmic-scale mystery intimate by anchoring it in a damaged friendship and humanity's response to extinction.
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Robert Charles Wilson2006 selection · Science fiction & fantasy
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Three childhood friends awaken to find the stars gone and Earth enclosed by an unknown barrier that changes the passage of time. As billions of years race by outside, humanity confronts its shortened future through science, faith, and a risky attempt to reach Mars.
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You like idea-rich science fiction with emotional depth and astronomical stakes.
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