explorer / books · 1991
The Quiet Pools
Michael P. Kube-McDowell’s only award entry in this dataset.
Published 1990 by Ace Books · 371 pages
Hugo · 1991
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Synopsis
The Diaspora Project plans to send ten thousand colonists to the stars aboard a city-sized ship, while the Homeworld movement threatens to sabotage it. The conflict centers on whether expansion into space is necessary or diverts resources from a damaged Earth.
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