An unusual child begins his remarkable life.
Warning: This is very much a story for long-term readers of the Great Ship.
"Existence has a boundary. What is known and real ends with the impenetrable wall. Where every dimension is exhausted, where all of the dear certainties die.
"Imagine.
"Everything important has been set inside a solitary bottle. Secure within it's special shell. Wonders might exist beyond that shell, but they have no meaning here. This is a realm of energy and entropy populated with tiny gods and even tinier bits of life. And all of that is blessed with relentless, infectious change.
"The shell in question holds the universe.
"This Creation.
"While off in the corner, standing proud and defient on its own, is a somewhat smaller shell.
"The remora."
Robert Reed is the author of millions of published words. He won a Hugo in 2007 for his novella, "A Billion Eves," but Reed is best known for his world-sized starship and the immortals sailing across the universe.
Genre: Science Fiction
Warning: This is very much a story for long-term readers of the Great Ship.
"Existence has a boundary. What is known and real ends with the impenetrable wall. Where every dimension is exhausted, where all of the dear certainties die.
"Imagine.
"Everything important has been set inside a solitary bottle. Secure within it's special shell. Wonders might exist beyond that shell, but they have no meaning here. This is a realm of energy and entropy populated with tiny gods and even tinier bits of life. And all of that is blessed with relentless, infectious change.
"The shell in question holds the universe.
"This Creation.
"While off in the corner, standing proud and defient on its own, is a somewhat smaller shell.
"The remora."
Robert Reed is the author of millions of published words. He won a Hugo in 2007 for his novella, "A Billion Eves," but Reed is best known for his world-sized starship and the immortals sailing across the universe.
Genre: Science Fiction
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