Children of the Comet, by Donald Moffitt
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From the visionary author of The Genesis Quest, a “wildly imaginative” (Greg Bear) science fiction novel about a young man’s struggle for survival on a comet made of ice. In Donald Moffitt’s brilliant cosmic adventure, Torris, son of the Facemaker, knows only his small community at the base of the great Tree on a comet with almost no gravity or atmosphere. Torris’s daily struggle for survival includes harvesting frozen air to keep breathing, dodging flutterbeasts, and hunting meatbeasts for food. When the time comes to make his vision quest to the top of the Tree, Torris is completely unprepared for what he finds: a thieving and hostile fellow quester; Ning, a female hunter in search of food to save her family on a neighboring comet; and humans from a massive starship that has spent billions of years crossing the galaxy from Earth’s solar system. Perfect for fans of Arthur C. Clarke, Larry Niven, and Peter F. Hamilton, Children of the Comet is an enthralling space odyssey about a young man grappling with unexpected cultural differences and learning to adapt in the face of an uncertain and rapidly changing fantastical future.
Children of the Comet, by Donald Moffitt- Amazon Sales Rank: #929788 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-13
- Released on: 2015-10-13
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .80" w x 5.30" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 332 pages
Review “A perfect companion for this new age of cometary exploration. Wildly imaginative but scientifically plausible, this is a perfect choice for those who love Niven and Pournelle, Gregory Benford, Vernor Vinge, or David Brin. Excellent!” —Greg Bear, author of The Forge of God and Eon “Astonishing . . . [The scientific accuracy is that of a] professional scientist.” —Arthur C. Clarke on The Jupiter Theft “Enthralling, mind-boggling, magnificent! Science fiction in the grand tradition . . . a magical mystery tour.” —Locus on the Genesis saga “A really audacious idea.” —Locus on A Gathering of Stars “Fans of Larry Niven, Peter Hamilton, and Arthur C. Clarke will find more than ample excitement in Moffitt’s novels—they’re packed with ideas and the true spirit of high-tech adventure.” —Greg Bear “An author of numerate, physics-oriented, fast-moving hard sf adventures . . . a competence with mythopoeically large scales and calculations . . . The focus of the tales . . . is firmly on the wide-scale action and the physics.” —The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
About the Author Donald Moffitt (1931–2014) was born in Boston. A former public relations executive, industrial filmmaker, and ghostwriter, he wrote fiction on and off for more than twenty years, often under one of many pen names. In 1977 he published his first full-length science fiction novel, The Jupiter Theft, under his own name. Moffitt was a visionary novelist, praised for his scientific accuracy and his high-speed, high-tech stories. He lived in rural Maine with his wife, Ann, until his death in December 2014.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. A look FAR into the future of what may be..... By Magic Mike J This is a pretty interesting book, IMO. It takes place in the far flung future, like 6 BILLION years in the future. Humans have left our galaxy (mostly), and have been returning at different times. There is a lot of time dilation type effects going on, might make it a little difficult for some people to follow, although the author does explain events and scientific concepts pretty well.The concept of trees growing on comets in space is evidently a real theory. From some time in the 20's or 30's I think. Which is is interesting in itself because the trees would need a little help via genetic manipulation which wasn't even a thing back then, but we can do now. With no gravity to speak of holding them back, trees would be able to grow very tall, and since they make oxygen as a by product, it's not that far fetched to think of humans being able to live on them symbiotically like the bugs, bats and other animals that would and could do so.Seems like a good book for a series, unfortunately it won't happen as the author has passed away. Perhaps someone else could pick it up and move it along, that would depend on the authors estate and other people's interest I suppose.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A hopeful view of human destiny By TChris Giant trees, designed to grow in a vacuum, are riding on the backs of comets in the Oort cloud. Originally intended to supply a source of wood for use as building materials, the trees spread from comet to comet, turning the Oort cloud into a forest. But that all happened long before the novel starts.The novel begins with a young man named Torris who is about to climb to the crown of the tree on which his tribe dwells. The climb is both a rite of passage and a religious ceremony (the climb involves hallucinatory dreams, making it a sort of vision quest), but it is also a way of whittling the weak from the gene pool. The tree is filled with dangers (creatures akin to snakes and spiders) but the tree and its beasts provide sources of food and air and warmth that allow careful climbers to succeed in their journey.The beginning of Children of the Comet suggests that the novel is an alien adventure story, but an alternating storyline involves humans who, having traveled close to the speed of light in their generations ship, are seeding another galaxy with human life while arguing about whether they should (1) quit while they’re still alive, (2) venture on to seed some more planets, (3) send the ship and a skeletal crew back to the Milky Way to find out what has become of a presumably long-dead Earth, or (4) try to travel to the boundary of the universe to see what’s there. When it began, the planet-seeding mission seemed like a good response to the discovery that an older alien race known as the First Ones had already colonized the Milky Way, leaving little local real estate for humans to claim. Now the factions that are divided between options (3) and (4) are at each other’s throats.The two alternating storylines take place at different locations in the universe and are separated by billions of years. But time is relative, so readers know that the two storylines will eventually intersect. The questions posed by the intersection are: Why are the humans on the ship and the humans riding around on comet trees so much alike? Separated by billions of years, why haven’t the comet dwellers evolved themselves out of recognizable existence? Answers ensue and, to Donald Moffitt’s credit, they seem plausible.Physicists in this story are frequently explaining principles of physics to characters who already understand them, which is a way of educating the reader but not a great technique for writing a novel. Explanatory lectures given in the ship’s auditorium later in the novel are a more natural way of conveying the science behind the story.Most of the time, Children of the Comet is an imaginative adventure story that is driven by, but not bogged down in, astrophysics, evolutionary biology, paleontology, and anthropology. The ending, on the other hand, tends to be a ramble of ideas disguised as plot. In fact, the plot gets lost in the last few chapters as Moffitt strives to give the novel a grand scale.Still, this is an interesting novel by a veteran sf writer. Published posthumously, Moffitt’s last novel reflects his decidedly hopeful view of human destiny as well as his interest in the ways that various branches of science intersect. I liked his Genesis novels more than this one, but I was nevertheless entertained by Children of the Comet.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. interesting premise and a satisfying story By She Treads Softly Children of the Comet by Donald Moffit is a highly recommended science fiction story set six billion years in the future.This novel covers two different sets of human until they meet. The first group has been colonizing a tree growing on a comet in the The Oort Cloud and is now a primitive society who have adapted to life on their tree/comet. Torris is a young man who must climb the Great Tree on his dream/vision quest.The second set of humans is on a space ship colonizing the solar system after beings known as the First Ones forced the human race to leave the Milky Way. Humans have developed the Higgs boso drive, though, so they are able to travel near light speed. The ship Time's Beginning was launched from the USA and after seeding several colonies there are two factions that want to control the ship. One wants to go back to Earth's solar system and settle near it while the other wants to head for the end of the universe.The opening quote explains growing trees on comets:"How high can a tree on a comet grow? The answer is surprising. On any celestial body whose diameter is of the order of ten miles or less, the force of gravity is so weak that a tree can grow infinitely high. Ordinary wood is strong enough to lift its own weight to an arbitrary distance from the center of gravity. This means that from a comet of ten-mile diameter, trees can grow out for hundreds of miles, collecting the energy of sunlight from an area thousands of times as large as the area of the comet itself. Countless millions of comets are out there, amply supplied with water, carbon, and nitrogen - the basic constituents of living cells. They lack only two essential requirements for human settlement, namely warmth and air. And now biological engineering will come to our rescue. We shall learn how to grow trees on comets. - Freeman Dyson"I enjoyed Children of the Comet. Donald Moffit (1931- 2014) wrote two of my favorite science fiction novels and so I am predisposed to enjoy this, his final novel. While I can see that Children of the Comet needed some more work (and kept reminding me of Niven's The Integral Trees), I did find it an interesting premise and a satisfying story. The comet/tree civilization is far more intriguing than the spaceship crew and their politics so I did wish that more time was spent with them. There are also a few characters that are added in the middle of the book that should have been present right at the start, which is another clue that the novel was a work in progress.Disclosure: My Kindle edition was courtesy of Open Road Intergrated Media for review purposes.
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