Blind Lake
Robert Charles Wilson
Tom Doherty Associates
Robert Charles Wilson, says<i> The New York Times</i>, "writes superior science fiction thrillers." His Darwinia won Canada's Aurora Award; his most recent novel, <i>The Chronoliths</i>, won the prestigious John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Now he tells a gripping tale of alien contact and human love in a mysterious but hopeful universe.<br><br>At Blind Lake, a large federal research installation in northern Minnesota, scientists are using a technology they barely understand to watch everyday life in a city of lobster like aliens upon a distant planet. They can't contact the aliens in any way or understand their language. All they can do is watch.<br><br>Then, without warning, a military cordon is imposed on the Blind Lake site. All communication with the outside world is cut off. Food and other vital supplies are delivered by remote control. No one knows why.<br><br>The scientists, nevertheless, go on with their research. Among them are Nerissa Iverson and the man she...</br></br></br></br></br></br>