Ratner's Star
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| Author | Don DeLillo |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
| Released | June, 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 438 pp (hardback first edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-394-40083-6 |
Ratner's Star is a 1976 novel by Don DeLillo. It relates the story of a child prodigy mathematician who arrives at a secret installation to work on the problem of deciphering a mysterious message that appears to come from outer space. The novel is broken into two parts, the first is a more traditional narrative, while the second is less so.
[edit] Plot introduction
Billy Twillig, Zorgs, Moholes, Logicon, Center for the Refinement of Ideational Structures, Field Experiment Number One, Spacebrain, (to be done).
