{"product_id":"shipstar-paperback","title":"Shipstar - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGregory Benford\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe dramatic sequel to Larry Niven and Gregory Benford's New York Times bestselling novel, \u003ci\u003eBowl of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eScience fiction masters Larry Niven (\u003ci\u003eRingworld\u003c\/i\u003e) and Gregory Benford (\u003ci\u003eTimescape\u003c\/i\u003e) 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInvestigating 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGREGORY BENFORD is professor of physics at the University of California, Irvine, and lives in Irvine. Benford is a winner of the United Nations Medal for Literature, and the Nebula Award for his classic novel \u003ci\u003eTimescape\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLARRY NIVEN is the author of the Ringworld series and many other science fiction masterpieces. His \u003ci\u003eBeowulf's Children\u003c\/i\u003e, coauthored with Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes, was a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller. He lives in Chatsworth, California.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.93 x 9.25 x 6.13 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43157741666367,"sku":"9781250878038","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/08JmQAm9l29781250878038.webp?v=1776983933","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/shipstar-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}