Beyond The Vanishing Point

Beyond The Vanishing Point

Ray Cummings

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Alpha Editions
Año de edición:
2021
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Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789354841477
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A bold, shimmering doorway to the cosmos opens again. Beyond The Vanishing Point invites you to travel not just through space, but through ideas, ethics, and time itself.This science fiction novel blends space opera adventure with techno thriller fiction, tracing a cosmopolitan frontier where every leap in technology tests humanity’s capacity for responsibility. Across a late twentieth century setting, Ray Cummings builds a compelling time dilation paradox and a delicate exploration of alternate realities, inviting readers to ponder how progress reshapes identity, memory, and moral choice. The result is a story that rewards both casual readers and classic-literature enthusiasts: thrilling propulsion, intricate ideas, and a humane core that lingers after the final page.Historically, the book sits in the lineage of golden age science fiction while resonating with contemporary concerns about humanity and technology ethics. Its significance lies in its enduring vision of science as a double-edged instrument-capable of wonder and peril in equal measure-rendered with craft that honours enduring literary traditions and forward-looking imagination.Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this edition is restored for today’s and future generations. More than a reprint, it’s a collector’s item and a cultural treasure for classic science fiction readers and the complete science fiction collection alike, a gateway to the era’s most ambitious ideas and its most adventurous spirit.

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