Better Angels
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Better Angels | |
Author | Howard V. Hendrix |
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Cover artist | Victor Stabin |
Country | United States of America |
Language | English |
Series | Tetragrammaton Series |
Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc. |
Publication date | October 15, 1999 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
Pages | 373 pp (1st edition, hardback) |
ISBN | ISBN 0441006523 (1st edition, hardback) |
Followed by | Lightpath |
Better Angels is a science fiction novel by Howard V. Hendrix first published in 1999.
Contents |
[edit] Plot introduction
Better Angels is a prequel to Hendrix's earlier novesl Lightpath and Standing Wave, filling in history about how the characters in those novels came to be who they are.
[edit] Explanation of the novel's title
"Better angels" is a phrase used by agents of organization Tetragrammatron to described what they hope to make humanity into. Tetragrammatron is concerned with ensuring humanity's survival by creating a machine/human transcendences, turning humans into "better angels".[citation needed]
[edit] Release details
- 1999, United States of America, Penguin Putnam Inc. ISBN 0441006523, Pub date 15 October 1999, Hardback
- 2000, United States of America, Penguin Putnam Inc. ISBN 0441007678, Pub date 7 November 2000, Paperback
[edit] Sources, references, external links, quotations
- Official page
- Space.com review by Chris Aylott