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The long cosmos /

The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive they received from the center of the galaxy contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence knows as The Machine. But to build this computer the size of an Earth continent, they must o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pratchett, Terry (Author), Baxter, Stephen (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2016]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Series:Pratchett, Terry. Long Earth series.
Subjects:
Artificial intelligence > Fiction.
Space and time > Fiction.
Space flight > Fiction.
Artificial intelligence.
Space and time.
Space flight.
Fiction.
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Summary:The Next--the hyper-intelligent post-humans--realize that the missive they received from the center of the galaxy contains instructions for kick-starting the development of an immense artificial intelligence knows as The Machine. But to build this computer the size of an Earth continent, they must obtain help from the more populous and still industrious worlds of mankind.
Physical Description:xi, 377 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
ISBN:0062297376
9780062297372