
Galileo's Dream
Kim Stanley Robinson
584 pages · ISBN 9780007260317
Sci-FiTime TravelFirst Contact
Synopsis
Nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke and Locus Awards At the heart of this provocative narrative that stretches from Renaissance Italy to the moons of Jupiter is the father of modern science: Galileo Galilei. To the inhabitants of the Jovian moons, Galileo is a revered figure whose actions will influence the subsequent history of the human race. From the summit of their distant future, a charismatic renegade named Ganymede travels to the past to bring Galileo forward in an attempt to alter history and ensure the ascendancy of science over religion. And if that means Galileo must be burned at the stake, so be it.