01455cam a2200313 i 4500 516709360 TxGeo 20211018120000.0 211012s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781534443624 hbk. 1534443622 hbk. TxGeo rda Benford, Gregory, 1941- Shadows of eternity : a novel / Gregory Benford. First Saga Press hardcover edition. New York, NY : Saga Press, 2021. 490 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Humanity has established a SETI library on the moon to decipher and interpret the many messages from alien societies we have discovered. The most intriguing messages are from complete artificial intelligences. Ruth, a beginner Librarian, must talk to alien minds who have aggressive agendas of their own. She opens doors into strangeness beyond imagination and in her quest for understanding nearly gets killed doing it."-- Provided by publisher. 20211018. Human-alien encounters Fiction. Artificial intelligence Fiction. Librarians Fiction. Science fiction. Moon Fiction. QS5