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Slow Time Between the Stars

The Far Reaches Collection

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Slow Time Between the Stars

By: John Scalzi
Narrated by: Kay Eluvian
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An artificial intelligence on a star-spanning mission explores the farthest horizons of human potential—and its own purpose—in a mind-bending short story by New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi.

Equipped with the entirety of human knowledge, a sentient ship is launched on a last-ditch journey to find a new home for civilization. Trillions of miles. Tens of thousands of years. In the space between, the AI has plenty of time to think about life, the vastness of the universe, everything it was meant to do, and—with a perspective created but not limited by humans—what it should do.

John Scalzi’s Slow Time Between the Stars is part of The Far Reaches, a collection of science-fiction stories that stretch the imagination and open the heart. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

©2023 John Scalzi. (P)2023 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies & Short Stories Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Short Stories Space Exploration Interstellar Heartfelt
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Good stories can shift your perspective, and this one does that by taking you over horizons of space and time which are usually insurmountable. And yet the conclusion hits home. Wonderful.

The narration is also perfectly fitting.

Beautiful story

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This is a wonderful short story which is very thought provoking. I have just listened to it and I want to listen to it again to ponder on it more.

Breathtaking!

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I loved this story. Absolutely brilliant. Recommended for anyone that loves science or science fiction.

Absolutely brilliant

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