Tau Zero

Overview:

• Title: Tau Zero
• Author: Poul Anderson
• Year: 1970
• Type: Novel

Synopsis:

During an epic voyage to a planet 30 light years away, the engines of the starship the 'Leonora Christine' is damaged. Unable to slow down, it attains light speed ( the tau zero of the title). The disparity between time for those on board and external time becomes impossibly great. Eons and galaxies hurtle by , and the crew speed helplessly into the great unknown.

Notes:

Expansion of "To Outlive Eternity". This short story originally appeared in Galaxy science fiction magazine in june and August 1967.

Awards:

• 1971. Tau Zero Hugo, Best Novel (Nomination)
• 1971. Tau Zero Locus Poll, Best SF Novel (Nomination)

Editions/Publications:

• xxxx. Tau Zero (Poul Anderson Berkley, ISBN-10: 0425032108, $1.50, Novel)
• 1973. Tau Zero (1973, Poul Anderson Coronet, ISBN-10: 0340163364, A$1.20, 190 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1980. Tau Zero (1980, Poul Anderson Coronet, ISBN-10: 0340163364, 190 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1981. Tau Zero (1981, Poul Anderson Berkley, ISBN-10: 0425050777, $2.25, Trade, Novel)
• 1989. Tau Zero (1989, Poul Anderson Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575046171, L3.50, 190 pages, Paperback, Novel)
• 1997. Tau Zero (1997, Poul Anderson SFBC, Catalog ID: #14776, $7.98, 160 pages, Hardcover, Novel)
• 2000. Tau Zero (2000, Poul Anderson Gollancz, ISBN-10: 0575070994, £9.99, 190 pages, Trade, Novel)
• 2006. Tau Zero (2006, Poul Anderson Gollancz, an imprint of Orion, ISBN-10: 0575077328, £6.99, 190 pages, Paperback, Novel)

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