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The Thing Itself

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Dec 2015
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Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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Adam Roberts turns his attention to answering the Fermi Paradox with a taut and claustrophobic tale that echoes John Carpenters' The Thing.

Two men while away the days in an Antarctic research station. Tensions between them build as they argue over a love-letter one of them has received. One is practical and open. The other surly, superior and obsessed with reading one book - by the philosopher Kant.

As a storm brews and they lose contact with the outside world they debate Kant, reality and the emptiness of the universe. The come to hate each other, and they learn that they are not alone.

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Sep 2016 Gollancz (UK) ISBN13 9780575127722 ISBN10 0575127724
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Oct 2016 Gollancz (UK) ISBN13 9780575127739 ISBN10 0575127732
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First Edition Dec 2015 Orion (UK) ISBN13 9780575127746 ISBN10 0575127740
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Dec 2015 Gollancz ISBN10 B00SRVA78Y
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Dec 2017 Orion Publishing Group Ltd ISBN10 B0788XLJZM
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