Revelations

#3 Netherspace

Nigel Foster

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Titan Books
01 July 2021

Science fiction; Aliens; First Contact; Space Opera

Series: Netherspace

It's half-way through the twenty-first century. Contact with alien races was made forty years ago, but communication turns out to be impossible. We don't share a way of thinking or common sensory inputs with the aliens, let alone a grammar. But there is trade, done on a basis of putting things on a table and taking them off again until agreement is reached. There is no obvious pattern to the trades. Alien anti-gravity technology was traded for a bicycle tyre.

Human science has become fixated on understanding alien technology — with little success. We can learn what it does and how to operate it. We don't know how it works — or how to fix it. The world may be a better place but it's no longer our own. We may be colonising the stars, but we're dependant on inexplicable alien Faster-Than-Light technology. This is controlled by aliens we call the Gliese and is the only constant trade: FTL engines for human beings, any age or condition, as long as they're alive.

We don't know what happens to them, but rumour says they are taken to a Nirvana where all illnesses will be healed. Their families are also very well compensated. Interstellar immigration and trade are central to the world's economy. There is no shortage of volunteers.

By: Nigel Foster
Imprint: Titan Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 3
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 130mm,
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9781785651908
ISBN 10: 1785651900
Series: Netherspace
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 01 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nigel Foster began as an advertising copywriter, first in the UK and then North America. He moved on to television and radio factual programming before co-founding a successful movie magazine. Back in the UK highlights include developing and launching OK! Magazine; an international non-fiction best-seller about the Royal Marines Commandos; and six of the most popular Bluffer's Guides, world-wide. He now lives in London.