Singularity's Ring

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Singularity's Ring

Author	Paul Melko
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Science Fiction
Publisher	Tor Books
Publication date	February 2008
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	320 (Hardback 1st edition)
ISBN	ISBN 978-0-7653-1777-3
OCLC	171152643

Singularity's Ring is a science fiction novel by Paul Melko. The story is set in a future after a singularity event, which caused the bulk of humanity to disappear. The focus of this event was a huge space station which rings the Earth, and which remains uninhabited after the singularity. Humans who remained on Earth have maintained an industrial technological base, and are working to re-enter space. The majority of humans are now genetically engineered to form pods, groups of 2 to 5 individuals with the ability to form an emergent personality from those individuals.

The story follows a young pod named Apollo Papadopulos who is training to become the captain of a new starship which is to be launched soon. Apollo Papadopulos is composed of five teenagers; Strom, Meda, Quant, Manuel and Moira. The story moves between the points of view of each of these individuals, and that of Apollo Papadopulos itself.

The novel was awarded the Compton Crook Award award for 2009 by the Baltimore Science Fiction Society ^[1] as well as the Locus Award for Best First Novel in the same year.

Publication history

2008, United States, Tor Books ISBN 978-0-7653-1777-3, Pub date February 2008, Hardcover ^[2]
2009, United States, Tor Science Fiction ISBN 978-0-7653-5702-1, Pub date April 2008, Paperback ^[3]

Awards and nominations

2009 Compton Crook Award winner

References

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Review by Greg L. Johnson
Review by Gwyneth Jones
Review by Ryun Patterson
Review by Max Falkowitz
Review by Mary Fitzpatrick
Review by Harriet Klausner
Review by Richard Gingell
Review by Publishers Weekly
Brief Synopsis and publication inforation in Locus' list of new books for February 2008
Brief Synopsis an publication information

v t e Locus Award for Best First Novel

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