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Book where a space ship journeys to the center of the galaxy to find all the stars had gone supernova
Book where different sectors of space had a different set of physics/lawsShort sci fi story where a space craft is made of various creatures from all over universe30's story about space war: Earth ship destroys enemy planet with weapon, only to return to find Earth destroyed by the enemy with the same weaponSci-fi book with 3 races of humans?Book about a girl who had a space suit which came out of her poresBook: aliens destroy all humanity except one shipBook where planet's star explodes, some escape on giant ships and eventually find ancient EarthLate 1960's Comic Book with H shaped space ship2000s(?) book about about an amateur space ship powered by squeezing space-time bubblesOld book about an alien encased in a deposit of diamond
Looking for the book where a space ship made from a giant atomic atom journeys to the center of the galaxy only to find all the stars had gone supernova.
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This is quite brief at the moment so could you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, when did you read this? Was it a short story, novella, novel, etc.? Also could you clarify what you mean with the final sentence? Are they possible authors you think it might be by?
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Looking for the book where a space ship made from a giant atomic atom journeys to the center of the galaxy only to find all the stars had gone supernova.
A, Clark-Card-Heinlien-Bova?
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This is quite brief at the moment so could you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, when did you read this? Was it a short story, novella, novel, etc.? Also could you clarify what you mean with the final sentence? Are they possible authors you think it might be by?
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This is quite brief at the moment so could you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, when did you read this? Was it a short story, novella, novel, etc.? Also could you clarify what you mean with the final sentence? Are they possible authors you think it might be by?
– TheLethalCarrot
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This is quite brief at the moment so could you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, when did you read this? Was it a short story, novella, novel, etc.? Also could you clarify what you mean with the final sentence? Are they possible authors you think it might be by?
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This is quite brief at the moment so could you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, when did you read this? Was it a short story, novella, novel, etc.? Also could you clarify what you mean with the final sentence? Are they possible authors you think it might be by?
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This sounds like the short story "At the Core" by Larry Niven.
Four years after the events in the other short story "Neutron Star", spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer is on Jinx, a planet orbiting Sirius B, when he is again contacted by the Puppeteers, this time by the Regional President of General Products on Jinx, who offers him a chance to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental ship to the center of the galaxy as a promotional stunt. Shaeffer is offered one hundred thousand stars to make the trip, plus fifty thousand stars to write about it; he is also given the rights to sell the story. Shaeffer, seeing the value of such a promotion (as well as the value of his pay) agrees to go, naming the ship Long Shot.
[...]
Finally, Shaeffer halts, unwilling to go on. He contacts the Puppeteer via hyperphone and tells him that the galaxy is exploding: the Core stars have gone supernova and are causing other stars to do the same as the impinging radiation heats them up. The Puppeteer asks if Shaeffer wishes to be released from his contract without pay and Shaeffer declines, amused. The Puppeteer explains that if Shaeffer does not enter the Core, he forfeits on the contract. Shaeffer explains that he will show the radiation readings and brightness levels, and if questioned under truth drugs, any court in Known Space would know the Puppeteers tried to get Shaeffer to fly into the center of the holocaust, and it would rule against the Puppeteers. The Puppeteer concedes, and tells Shaeffer to return home.
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That's totally it. Thanks so much!
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
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And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
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This sounds like the short story "At the Core" by Larry Niven.
Four years after the events in the other short story "Neutron Star", spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer is on Jinx, a planet orbiting Sirius B, when he is again contacted by the Puppeteers, this time by the Regional President of General Products on Jinx, who offers him a chance to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental ship to the center of the galaxy as a promotional stunt. Shaeffer is offered one hundred thousand stars to make the trip, plus fifty thousand stars to write about it; he is also given the rights to sell the story. Shaeffer, seeing the value of such a promotion (as well as the value of his pay) agrees to go, naming the ship Long Shot.
[...]
Finally, Shaeffer halts, unwilling to go on. He contacts the Puppeteer via hyperphone and tells him that the galaxy is exploding: the Core stars have gone supernova and are causing other stars to do the same as the impinging radiation heats them up. The Puppeteer asks if Shaeffer wishes to be released from his contract without pay and Shaeffer declines, amused. The Puppeteer explains that if Shaeffer does not enter the Core, he forfeits on the contract. Shaeffer explains that he will show the radiation readings and brightness levels, and if questioned under truth drugs, any court in Known Space would know the Puppeteers tried to get Shaeffer to fly into the center of the holocaust, and it would rule against the Puppeteers. The Puppeteer concedes, and tells Shaeffer to return home.
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That's totally it. Thanks so much!
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
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And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
– LAK
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This sounds like the short story "At the Core" by Larry Niven.
Four years after the events in the other short story "Neutron Star", spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer is on Jinx, a planet orbiting Sirius B, when he is again contacted by the Puppeteers, this time by the Regional President of General Products on Jinx, who offers him a chance to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental ship to the center of the galaxy as a promotional stunt. Shaeffer is offered one hundred thousand stars to make the trip, plus fifty thousand stars to write about it; he is also given the rights to sell the story. Shaeffer, seeing the value of such a promotion (as well as the value of his pay) agrees to go, naming the ship Long Shot.
[...]
Finally, Shaeffer halts, unwilling to go on. He contacts the Puppeteer via hyperphone and tells him that the galaxy is exploding: the Core stars have gone supernova and are causing other stars to do the same as the impinging radiation heats them up. The Puppeteer asks if Shaeffer wishes to be released from his contract without pay and Shaeffer declines, amused. The Puppeteer explains that if Shaeffer does not enter the Core, he forfeits on the contract. Shaeffer explains that he will show the radiation readings and brightness levels, and if questioned under truth drugs, any court in Known Space would know the Puppeteers tried to get Shaeffer to fly into the center of the holocaust, and it would rule against the Puppeteers. The Puppeteer concedes, and tells Shaeffer to return home.
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That's totally it. Thanks so much!
– SnowBoy
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@SnowBoy As this is the correct answer you can upvote it if you want and should also accept the answer by clicking on the checkmark next to this answer alongside the voting buttons.
– TheLethalCarrot
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
– ShadeOfGrey
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
4 hours ago
And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
– LAK
1 hour ago
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This sounds like the short story "At the Core" by Larry Niven.
Four years after the events in the other short story "Neutron Star", spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer is on Jinx, a planet orbiting Sirius B, when he is again contacted by the Puppeteers, this time by the Regional President of General Products on Jinx, who offers him a chance to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental ship to the center of the galaxy as a promotional stunt. Shaeffer is offered one hundred thousand stars to make the trip, plus fifty thousand stars to write about it; he is also given the rights to sell the story. Shaeffer, seeing the value of such a promotion (as well as the value of his pay) agrees to go, naming the ship Long Shot.
[...]
Finally, Shaeffer halts, unwilling to go on. He contacts the Puppeteer via hyperphone and tells him that the galaxy is exploding: the Core stars have gone supernova and are causing other stars to do the same as the impinging radiation heats them up. The Puppeteer asks if Shaeffer wishes to be released from his contract without pay and Shaeffer declines, amused. The Puppeteer explains that if Shaeffer does not enter the Core, he forfeits on the contract. Shaeffer explains that he will show the radiation readings and brightness levels, and if questioned under truth drugs, any court in Known Space would know the Puppeteers tried to get Shaeffer to fly into the center of the holocaust, and it would rule against the Puppeteers. The Puppeteer concedes, and tells Shaeffer to return home.
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This sounds like the short story "At the Core" by Larry Niven.
Four years after the events in the other short story "Neutron Star", spaceship pilot Beowulf Shaeffer is on Jinx, a planet orbiting Sirius B, when he is again contacted by the Puppeteers, this time by the Regional President of General Products on Jinx, who offers him a chance to guide a cramped (but very fast) experimental ship to the center of the galaxy as a promotional stunt. Shaeffer is offered one hundred thousand stars to make the trip, plus fifty thousand stars to write about it; he is also given the rights to sell the story. Shaeffer, seeing the value of such a promotion (as well as the value of his pay) agrees to go, naming the ship Long Shot.
[...]
Finally, Shaeffer halts, unwilling to go on. He contacts the Puppeteer via hyperphone and tells him that the galaxy is exploding: the Core stars have gone supernova and are causing other stars to do the same as the impinging radiation heats them up. The Puppeteer asks if Shaeffer wishes to be released from his contract without pay and Shaeffer declines, amused. The Puppeteer explains that if Shaeffer does not enter the Core, he forfeits on the contract. Shaeffer explains that he will show the radiation readings and brightness levels, and if questioned under truth drugs, any court in Known Space would know the Puppeteers tried to get Shaeffer to fly into the center of the holocaust, and it would rule against the Puppeteers. The Puppeteer concedes, and tells Shaeffer to return home.
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That's totally it. Thanks so much!
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@SnowBoy As this is the correct answer you can upvote it if you want and should also accept the answer by clicking on the checkmark next to this answer alongside the voting buttons.
– TheLethalCarrot
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
– ShadeOfGrey
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
4 hours ago
And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
– LAK
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
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And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
– LAK
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
– ShadeOfGrey
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You can find it in archive.org archive.org/details/1966-11_IF/page/n27
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
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And from that base Niven got a totally useful backstory for a bunch of novels (and a bunch more short stories) ...
– davidbak
4 hours ago
And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
– LAK
1 hour ago
And the bit about the ship being "one giant atom" refers to its General Products hull, which was (mostly) indestructible and formed from a single giant molecule.
– LAK
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This is quite brief at the moment so could you take a look at this guide to see if there is anything else you can edit in? For example, when did you read this? Was it a short story, novella, novel, etc.? Also could you clarify what you mean with the final sentence? Are they possible authors you think it might be by?
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