Gregory Benford · 1977 · Novel
Setting: near future (2019)
Series: Nigel Walmsley
Universe: Ocean / Galactic Center
From the back cover Warner paperback February 2004: 2019: NASA astronaut Nigel Walmsley is sent on a mission to intercept a rogue asteroid on a collision course with Earth. Ordered to destroy the comet, he instead discovers that it is actually the shell of a derelict space probe -- a wreck with just enough power to emit a single electronic signal... 2034: Then a reply is heard. Searching for the source of this signal that comes from outside the solar system, Nigel discovers the existence of a sentient ship.
Source: OpenLibrary
Tags: Fiction in EnglishAmerican Science fictionFiction, generalFictionHuman-alien encountersLife on other planetsUnidentified flying objectsAstronautsInterplanetary voyagesScience fiction
isfdb_id: 1720
openlibrary_id: OL108300W
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