000			01285nam a2200181 4500
010			_a85006154
020			_a9780812520477
024			_a49633846
050			_aPS3552.E157
082			_a813.54
100	1		_aGreg Bear
245	1		_aEon
260			_bTor Science Fiction _c1991
300			_a512 pages
520			_aThe 21st century was on the brink of nuclear confrontation when the 300 kilometer-long stone flashed out of nothingness and into Earth's orbit. NASA, NATO, and the UN sent explorers to the asteroid's surface...and discovered marvels and mysteries to drive researchers mad.For the Stone was from space--but perhaps not our space; it came from the future--but perhaps not our future; and within the hollowed asteroid was Thistledown. The remains of a vanished civilization. A human--English, Russian, and Chinese-speaking--civilization. Seven vast chambers containing forests, lakes, rivers, hanging cities...And museums describing the Death; the catastrophic war that was about to occur; the horror and the long winter that would follow. But while scientists and politicians bickered about how to use the information to stop the Death, the Stone yielded a secret that made even Earth's survival pale into insignificance.
650			_aScience Fiction
999			_c3714 _d3714