| The Chronoliths | |
.jpg/200px-TheChronoliths(1stEd).jpg) Cover of first edition (hardcover) |
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| Author | Robert Charles Wilson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Tor Books |
| Publication date | 2001 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 301 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-312-87384-0 |
The Chronoliths is a 2001 science fiction novel by Robert Charles Wilson. Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953 is a contemporary Science fiction author. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 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 Tor Books is one of two Imprints of Tom Doherty Associates LLC based in New York City 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. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Robert Charles Wilson (born 1953 is a contemporary Science fiction author. It was nominated for the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel and tied for the 2002 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. 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 This page describes the award for best science fiction novel for other awards see Campbell Award (disambiguation
Plot summary
Software designer Scott Warden is living with his family in Thailand after his latest contract has ended. The Kingdom of Thailand (ˈtaɪlænd ราชอาณาจักรไทย, râːtɕʰa-ʔaːnaːtɕɑ̀k-tʰɑj He and his friend Hitch Paley are among the first to find an enormous monolith which appears out of nowhere in the jungle. A monolith is a geological feature such as a Mountain, consisting of a single massive stone or rock or a single piece of rock placed as or within a monument On closer examination, it is found to be a monument made of a mysterious, indestructible substance. It bears an inscription commemorating a military victory by someone named "Kuin", presumably an Asian warlord -- twenty years in the future.
Over the next twenty years, increasingly grand monuments to Kuin continue to appear -- first in Asia, then in much of the rest of the world. Pro-Kuin and anti-Kuin political movements spring up, leading to the rise of economic problems, fatalistic cults, and open war. This article does not discuss "cult" in the original sense of "veneration" or "religious practice" for that usage see Cult (religious practice Scott has become entangled with his former teacher and mentor Sue Chopra, a scientist who has assembled a team of fellow researchers to investigate the chronoliths and learn to predict their appearances. With Sue's team, Scott witnesses new chronoliths appearing in Jerusalem and Mexico. Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם, he-Latn Yerushaláyim; Arabic: ar القُدس, ar-Latn al-Quds) is the The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. Kaitlyn, his daughter, becomes caught up in the hysteria and joins a pro-Kuin youth cult; while trying to find her, Scott meets Ashlee, a single mother whose son Adam Mills joined the same cult.
Sue Chopra comes to believe that Kuin has made the chronoliths in order to inspire fear and defeatism, making the future victories inevitable by gaining support ahead of time. In an effort to fight Kuin's growing influence, Scott, Sue Chopra and her team plan to destroy the first chronolith predicted to appear in the United States. A militant faction now led by Adam Mills attacks their base of operations, takes Chopra hostage, and menaces Scott's family.
The chronolith self-destructs, apparently sabotaged by a maker who exceeded the limits of the technology. Scott lives to see the collapse of the Kuinist movement and a scientific renaissance sparked by Chopra's chronolith research.
Publication history
- First hardcover edition, 2001, Tor Books, ISBN 0-312-87384-0.
- First paperback edition, 2002, Tor Books, ISBN 0-8125-4524-9.
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