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Title:Arcana Caelestia
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Created:Thu Dec 08 1983
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938.0. "Appleby's The Voice of Cepheus" by TENERE::HARDWICK () Sun Dec 16 1990 23:19

    SF title from a new British author, Ken Appleby.
    
    	The Voice of Cepheus (Del Rey Books, 1990)
    
    OK, I admit it, he's a friend of mine, but give it a try. Comments as
    replies to this note. Signed copy anyone?
    
    Dave.
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938.2Voice of Cepheus plotRIVAGE::HARDWICKDavid, VBO, DTN 828-6285Wed Dec 19 1990 22:3717
    Earth's scientists had long searched the heavens for a sign that
    humanity was not alone. For decades the hunt had been fruitless - until
    a young graduate student recognized a surprising pattern to seemingly
    random signals from the direction of the constellation Cepheus.
    
    What was more, the signals carried a message - the first communication
    from an alien race, providing a wealth of knowledge far more advanced
    than human science.
    
    Work forged ahead to develop the technology necessary to establish
    direct contact with the aliens. But disaster struck that first attempt,
    leaving a spacecraft marooned in deep space. It seemed as if only the
    aliens could save the doomed astronauts - if communication could be
    established... and if the Cepheans were actually the benevolent beings
    they claimed to be!
    
    ISBN 0-345-36269-1