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Book SynopsisThe age-old question about alien existence and human contact is explored in a new way in this collection of six novellas, previously anthologized in
Analog magazine. When disillusioned aerospace engineer Adrian Mast buys a book at a remainder sale, the last things he expects to find in its appendix are alien spacecraft designs. With the help of the bookstore owner, Adrian tracks down the author—only to find him in a mental institution anguishing over the intentions of the aliens who sent the designs to him. By bluffing a bureaucrat intent on thwarting their progress, the two friends continue their quest for the stars and go ahead with the spacecraft designs. Having successfully launched their ship 15 years later, the questions that remain are: What were the intentions of the aliens? Is mankind ready to face what’s out there?
Trade Review"A novel with spirited characters who inspire a renewed love of one's own kind. Highly recommended as adventure and therapy for pessimists." George Zebrowski, Campbell Prize-winning author of Brute Orbits
" Gift from the Stars is an imaginative story of First Contact, told from a very human point of view. It begins in an unassuming used bookstore and expands relentlessly outward to encompass some of the most exciting speculations in cosmology." Robert J. Scherrer, Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University
