Vernor Vinge

  • THE PEACE WAR
hbk: ?
pbk: Baen, (New York) US, 1984

ISBN 0-671-55965-6 (US pbk)

novel, science fiction, force fields

Followed by a sequel: Marooned in Realtime . Both novels were subsequently reprinted in an omnibus edition: Across Realtime .


"Paul Hoehler has discovered the 'Bobble Effect' -- a scientific phenomenon that has been used to destroy every military installation on Earth. Concerned scientists steal Hoehler's invention -- and implement a dictatorship which drives Earth toward primitivism. It is up to Hoehler to stop the tyrants." [jacket blurb]


"Spheres inside which time stands still while eons pass by are developed as the perfect weapon defence. Soon they are used to enforce an oppressive government; ultimately they become a weapon themselves." [jacket blurb, US pbk, 1984]




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