Heart of the Comet
- ISBN-10
- 0553258397
- ISBN-13
- 9780553258394
- Series
- Heart of the Comet
- Category
- Halley's comet
- Pages
- 477
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987
- Publisher
- Spectra
- Authors
- Gregory Benford, David Brin
Description
In the middle of the twenty-first century, the multinational crew of scientists stationed on Halley's Comet set aside personal prejudices and unite to survive in the bleak, ice-covered environment and transform it into a source of life
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