SF book about extraterrestrial contacts
Arthur
Title : The Song of the Swan
Author : Arthur D'Alembert
Publisher: Universal Publishers - Upublish.com (1998)
ISBN : 1-58112-868-1
Price : $19.95 - 188 pages
PDF : $6.00 - requires Acrobat Reader
Synopsis:
On February 23, 1987, the light of a Supernova star reached Earth. Since
it was the first supernova observed on that year, it received the name
of 1987-A.
Among with the star data, a scream choked by the roar of the explosion,
finally wakened by time and distance, arrived to us. Five years later a
woman would find the message, thinking it was emitted by some
civilization being destroyed by the explosion. USA government creates a
very skilled team to analyze it, but soon a lot of surprises happen to
her and her team. Would mankind be prepared to
understand it ?. To solve this question, scientists are forced to
penetrate inside profound concepts about conscience and
self-organization. At last, one question will remain still unsolved: why
?
Dear Reader:
This is a "hard" Science-Fiction story and is based on strong,
scientific background data. Hard Sci-Fi stories can be funny as well,
and my intentions with this novel is to transform the exciting, but
sometimes tiresome, scientific knowledge into a more readable and
affordable task. Many concepts in this story, such as self-organization,
chaos, and fractals, are in the unexplored frontier of science. They are
no less interesting because of this, but rather, just the opposite, they
capture our imagination. I hope you'll enjoy this trip. The work may not
be a literary masterpiece, but I hope it will capture your attention and
give you something to think about.
Thanks. Arthur DAlembert
(Hi!, after reading this book you should think better before linking
your computer to SETI@HOME project)
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Some reviews (you can reach full text these reviews jumping to my page)
"No. It's not Contact, and it isn't many other books I could name. It is
a little book called The Song of the Swan and it muses on a different
reaction to that first communication from out there. "
Lisa Dumond - SFsite
"Since my college education concentrated on the humanities, such as
reading and writing, rather than science and higher mathematics, perhaps
I lack the background to understand the concepts underlying the plot. If
that is the case, then I apologize to the author "
Patricia White - CrescentBlue Magazine
"The best part of this book is that I learnt what pseudo-prime (or
Carmichael) numbers are. I had never heard of them prior to this. The
book itself was not altogether original -- anyone who has read Sagan's
_Contact_ will see this. Pseudo-primes = prime numbers. Details for
creating a machine = details for creating a wormhole device. And so on.
I must admit though, that the idea of having a computer program totally
change the _insides_ of a computer to be a new one. I would not know if
this would be possible -- you'd have to ask a computer engineer that --
but I must say that I found it entertaining."
Erika Lacey - Harbinger Magazine (amazon.com)
"The book is written with intelligence- although the editing errors may
prevent the pickiest of readers to agree. D'Alembert does a great job of
holding the reader's interest to the end. It's a good quick one night
read, that will leave you pondering the future of our planet. "
Leslie Blanchard - A Writer's Choice Literary Journal (amazon.com)
More info: http://www.goplay.com/aalembert
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