The Compleat McAndrewsTHE
BRAIN OF AN EINSTEIN --
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"Like Arthur C. Clarke and Greg Bear . . . brilliantly balanced seesaw between enormous concept and lifesize characterisation." --The London Times
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
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Between the Strokes of Midnight
The Compleat McAndrew
Convergence
Convergent Series
Transvergence
The Mind Pool
Proteus Combined
Proteus in the Underworld
Borderlands of Science
Portions of this work have appeared previously in revised form, as follows:
"Killing Vector," (c) UPD Publications, 1978
"Moment of Inertia," (c) Davis Publications, 1980
"All the Colors of the Vacuum," (c) Davis Publications, 1981
"The Manna Hunt," (c) Davis Publications, 1982
"Rogue World," (c) Mercury Press, 1983
"Shadow World (The Hidden Matter of McAndrew)," (c) Davis
Publications, 1992
"The Invariants of Nature," (c) Bantam Doubleday Dell, 1993
"Out of Focus," (c) Charles Sheffield, 1999 (first appeared in SF
Age)
"The Fifth Commandment," (c) Charles Sheffield,1999 (first
appeared in Analog)
First Chronicle: 1
Killing Vector
Second Chronicle:
Moment of Inertia 2
Third Chronicle:
All the Colors of the Vacuum 3
Fourth Chronicle: 4
The Manna Hunt
Fifth Chronicle: 5
The Hidden Matter of McAndrew
Sixth Chronicle: 6
The Invariants of Nature
Seventh Chronicle: 7
Rogueworld
Eighth Chronicle: 8
With McAndrew, Out of Focus
Ninth Chronicle: 9
McAndrew and The Fifth Commandment
Appendix: 10
Science & Science Fiction