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Can I read The Goliath Stone on EtoBox?
The Goliath Stone by Larry Niven,Matthew Joseph Harrington is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Goliath Stone about?
Doctor Toby Glyer has effected miracle cures with the use of nanotechnology. But Glyer's controversial nanites are more than just the latest technological advance, they are a new form of life―and they have more uses than just medical. Glyer's nanites also have the potential to make everyone on Earth rich from the wealth of asteroids. Twenty-five years ago, the Briareus mission took nanomachinery out to divert an Earth-crossing asteroid and bring it back to be mined, only to drop out of contact as soon as it reached its target. The project was shut down and the technology was forcibly suppressed. Now, a much, much larger asteroid is on a collision course with Earth―and the Briareus nanites may be responsible. While the government scrambles to find a solution, Glyer knows that their only hope of avoiding Armageddon lies in the nanites themselves. On the run, Glyer must track down his old partner, William Connors, and find a way to make contact with their wayward children. As every parent learns, when you produce a new thinking being, the plans it makes are not necessarily your plans. But with a two-hundred-gigaton asteroid that rivals the rock that felled the dinosaurs hurtling towar
Who reads The Goliath Stone?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Larry Niven,Matthew Joseph Harrington
- Publisher
- Tor Books
- Language
- EN
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Science Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 3.26 / 5 (502 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13