Learning The World

''Thought-provoking and entertaining, this highly original first-contact story should please any science fiction reader.'' - School Library Journal

''Mind-expanding science fiction at its best; it is no surprise that it has been shortlisted for all the main science fiction awards.'' - THE TIMES

The great sunliner ''But the Sky, My Lady! The Sky!'' is nearing the end of a four-hundred-year journey. A...