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Chargement... Dilation Sleep {short story}par Alastair Reynolds
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Appartient à la sérieRevelation Space, chronological order (ca. 2513 - 2540) Revelation Space, publication order (1990-09) Est contenu dans
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This enjoyable little short introduces us to the real science of time dilation, wherein the nearer one gets to the speed of light, the faster time passes in the outside universe in relation to those on the space ship.
And if we take this idea and put those on the space ship in reefer-sleep, where their bodies and brains are taken down into hibernation state -- so hardly ageing at all -- and then send them close to light speed for a few years, decades can pass in the outside universe while these people age a few weeks or months: thus being known as dilation sleep.
Then if we look at the situation that is occurring on Yellowstone and consider that rich refugees can afford to pay Ultras to go on a trip around the galaxy in dilation sleep for a few years while hopefully everything back home gets sorted out, and that is where we are in this book.
Except that one of the crew has been awakened by the ship because something has gone wrong and needs fixing.
Good stuff.
Available in the collection, Galactic North.
And the next book is Chasm City, which most definitely isn't a short: more like a whole trilogy under one cover. ( )