Phases of gravity
By: Dan Simmons
Publisher: Subterranean
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Burton, MI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 310
ISBN-13: 9781596064164
Subjects: Self-actualization (Psychology); Man-woman relationships; Fathers and sons; Astronauts; Fiction
Description: Richard Baedecker, the aptly named hero of this extraordinary novel, is a man adrift, searching for a lost sense of purpose. A former astronaut, Baedecker once walked on the moon, briefly escaping the tidal pull of gravity itself. Sixteen years later, gravity and other entropic forces have overtaken him. At this critical moment, against the unlikely backdrop of Poona, India, Baedecker encounters a remarkable young woman named Maggie Brown, who will point him toward the "places of power" he has left behind and help him rediscover his essential self.
Table of contents: title: Poona; title: Glen Oak; title: Uncompahgre; title: Lonerock; title: Bear Butte.