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Rollback

Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now 87, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too ... if she lives long enough. A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback--a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties. While Don tries to deal with his newfound youth and the suddenly vast age gap between him and his wife, Sarah struggles to do again what she'd done once before: figure out what a signal from the stars contains. Exploring morals and ethics on both human and cosmic scales, Rollback is the big new SF novel for 2007 by Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied.

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  • "Accepting a rollback--an experimental rejuvenation procedure--for herself and her husband in exchange for deciphering a message from aliens, Dr. Sarah Halifax is faced with a dilemma when the procedure works on her husband, but not on her."
  • ""La doctora Sarah Halifax logró descifrar el primer mensaje recibido de los alienígenas de Sigma Draconis. Treinta y ocho años despues, cuando ella ya es casi nonagenaria, llega la respuesta. Y también debe ser descifrada-- si Sarah vive el tiempo suficiente. Un millonario interesado en el programa SETI ofrece pagar el costoso tratamiento de rejuvenecimiento (vuelta atrás) para Sarah, y ésta exige que su esposo Don, con quien lleva sesenta anos casada, tambien reciba el tratamiento. El proceso funciona a la perfección en el caso de Don, que vuelve a la fortaleza fisica de sus veinticinco años, pero no con Sarah, condenada a una muerte demasiado cercana."--Back cover."
  • "Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now 87, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too-- if she lives long enough. A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback--a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties."
  • "Dr. Sarah Halifax decoded the first-ever radio transmission received from aliens. Thirty-eight years later, a second message is received and Sarah, now 87, may hold the key to deciphering this one, too ... if she lives long enough. A wealthy industrialist offers to pay for Sarah to have a rollback--a hugely expensive experimental rejuvenation procedure. She accepts on condition that Don, her husband of sixty years, gets a rollback, too. The process works for Don, making him physically twenty-five again. But in a tragic twist, the rollback fails for Sarah, leaving her in her eighties. While Don tries to deal with his newfound youth and the suddenly vast age gap between him and his wife, Sarah struggles to do again what she'd done once before: figure out what a signal from the stars contains. Exploring morals and ethics on both human and cosmic scales, Rollback is the big new SF novel for 2007 by Hugo and Nebula Award-winner Robert J. Sawyer. At the publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management software (DRM) applied."@en

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  • "Fantastyka naukowa amerykańska"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Science fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Vuelta atrás"
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  • "Rollback"
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