The Gods Themselves

The Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and Ditmar Awards. Finalist for the Locus Award in the category of "Best Novel of All Time." "Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain." Friedrich Schiller In the twenty-second century, Earth receives limitless, free energy from a source that scientists cannot explain: an alien development for energy exchange with a parallel universe. But everything has its price. The very process of transfer will lead to the destruction of the Sun – and Earth itself. Only a few know the terrifying truth – an outcast Earth scientist, an alien from a dying planet, and a man born on the Moon who intuitively feels the imminent destruction of the Sun. They know the truth and have the key to saving Earth, but who will listen to them, who will believe them? "The greatest and most spectacular of all I have ever conceived." Isaac Asimov "The best creation of genius." The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction "Asimov never fell below the standard of perfection." Martin Amis