Author of space operas and hard sf since the early 2000s including stealing light, final days and extinction game. Without really know what was in store for me, i was hooked after a few chapters while the last half was a veritable rocket trip of a read. It is 2235 and thru the arrival of wormhole expertise greater than a dozen interstellar colonies have been linked to earth. Gary gibson is one of the uks leading authors of hard science fiction, space opera and postapocalyptic fiction his career stretches over fifteen years and twelve books, including stealing light, final days and most recently extinction game, which received the coveted starred revie. He lives in glasgow and is currently working on the second book continuing the story from final days. Hes originally from glasgow, but currently lives in taiwan. Final days read online free book by gary gibson in epub,txt. Aug 05, 2011 final days ebook written by gary gibson. Gary gibsons final days was equal parts actionthriller and farthought sf that forces the reader to consider the purpose and motives of aliens so far removed from our own time that the stars and their galaxies have all burned out to embers, and the dilemma of. Booktopia final days, book 1 by gary gibson, 9780330519694. Final days ebook by gary gibson 9780230761025 rakuten kobo. This time we have a hard sf, spaceoperaish, preapocalyptic thriller. Gary gibson got the ultimate last minute call for team ireland after graeme irwin broke his wrist at the final gp just three days before the team was due to fly out.
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