{"product_id":"9781429981088","title":"The Omega Expedition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sixth volume of Brian Stableford's future history concludes the series and also refers back to its beginnings. Through five earlier volumes, \u003ci\u003eInherit the Earth, Architects of Emortality, The Fountains of Youth, The Cassandra Complex\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDark Ararat\u003c\/i\u003e, Stableford has mapped out for us in engaging stories the wonderful and sometimes disturbing world of the next thousand years, on Earth, throughout the solar system, and to worlds beyond, with emphasis on huge sociological changes and extraordinary alterations in the biological life of humans. It is one of the most detailed and plausible and fascinating projections in all of science fiction. Now, in \u003ci\u003eThe Omega Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e, it takes us into another millennium, and is complete.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Omega Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e is a philosophical novel, a sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Fountains of Youth\u003c\/i\u003e. It is the extraordinary life history of Adam Zimmerman, developer of the technology of emortality. The main part of the narrative describes his long-delayed awakening into the 35th century, a time of true immortals. His exotic hosts--inhabitants of a microworld in the outer solar system--have recruited various interested parties to help with the resurrection project, one of whom (inevitably) is the famous historian of death, the immortal Mortimer Gray, who is exceedingly anxious to gain what insight he can into the vagaries of the mortal mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Omega Expedition\u003c\/i\u003e is a richly textured, serious SF novel that will resound like a huge bell, ringing down the halls of science fiction for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Tom Doherty Associates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47153994563824,"sku":"9781429981088","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429981088_p0.jpg?v=1769902878","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429981088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}