| Learning the World: A Scientific Romance |
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 Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Ken MacLeod |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Orbit |
| Publication date | 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 303 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 1-841-49343-0 (hardcover), ISBN 1-84149-344-9 (paperback) |
Learning the World is a science fiction novel by Ken MacLeod published in 2005. Ken MacLeod (born 2 August 1954 an award-winning Scottish Science fiction writer lives in South Queensferry near Edinburgh. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Orbit Books is a British publisher which specialises in Sci-Fi and Fantasy books Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Ken MacLeod (born 2 August 1954 an award-winning Scottish Science fiction writer lives in South Queensferry near Edinburgh. The year 2005 in literature involved some significant events and new books It won the 2006 Prometheus Award and was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel that same year. The Prometheus Award is an award for Libertarian science fiction novels given out annually by the Libertarian Futurist Society which also publishes a quarterly journal The Hugo Awards are given every year for the best Science fiction or Fantasy works and achievements of the previous year Winners of the Hugo Award for best science fiction or fantasy Novel, along with all the nominees are presented here
Plot introduction
The novel is a first contact story, following the generation ship But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky! as it approaches the Destiny Star. First contact is a common science-fictional theme about the first meeting between Humans and aliens or more broadly of any sentient A generation ship is a hypothetical Starship that travels across great distances between stars at a speed much slower than that of light (see Interstellar travel Humans have been colonizing the 500 light-years around Earth for a few thousand years, and have never run into an alien species - until now. A light-year or light year (symbol ly) is a unit of Length, equal to just under ten trillion Kilometres As defined by The discovery of an Industrial Age alien race upsets the established protocols of the ship, leading to uncertainty and delays in habitation, which in turn leads to societal unrest and conflict aboard the ship.
External links
- Audio Review at The Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
- Learning the World publication history at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Review, Learning The World
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