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Spin -1- Spin by Robert Charles Wilson is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Spin -1- Spin about?
Spin is Robert Charles Wilson's Hugo Award-winning masterpiecea stunning combination of a galactic "what if" and a small-scale, very human story. One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his backyard and watched the stars go out. They all flared into brilliance at once, then disappeared, replaced by a flat, empty black barrier. He and his best friends, Jason and Diane Lawton, had seen what became known as the Big Blackout. It would shape their lives. The effect is worldwide. The sun is now a featureless diska heat source, rather than an astronomical object. The moon is gone, but tides remain. Not only have the world's artificial satellites fallen out of orbit, their recovered remains are pitted and aged, as though they'd been in space far longer than their known lifespans. As Tyler, Jason, and Diane grow up, a space probe reveals a bizarre truth: The barrier is artificial, generated by huge alien artifacts. Time is passing faster outside the barrier than insidemore than a hundred million years per year on Earth. At this rate, the death throes of the sun are only about forty years in our future. Jason, now a promising young scientist, devotes his life t
Who reads Spin -1- Spin?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Robert Charles Wilson
- Publisher
- Tor Science Fiction
- Published
- 2005
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780765309389
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
- Rating
- 4.01 / 5 (26,520 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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