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Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred
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'Camille is desperate to escape her home on colonized asteroid Vesta, journeying through space in a small cocoon pod covertly and precariously attached to a cargo ship. Anna is a newly appointed port director on asteroid Ceres, intrigued by the causes that have led so-called riders like Camille to show up at her post in search of asylum.

'Conditions on Vesta are quickly deteriorating—for one group of people in particular. The original founders agreed to split profits equally, but the Sivadier syndicate contributed intellectual property rather than more valued tangible goods. Now the rest of the populace wants payback. As Camille travels closer to Ceres, it seems ever more likely that Vesta will demand the other asteroid stop harboring its fugitives.

'With “The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred,” acclaimed author Greg Egan offers up a stellar, novella-length example of hard science fiction, as human and involving as it is insightful and philosophical.' (Publication summary)

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    y separately published work icon Asimov's Science Fiction vol. 39 no. 12 December 2015 10474542 2015 periodical issue 2015 pg. 72
    • Burton, Michigan,
      c
      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,
      :
      Subterranean Press ,
      2016 .
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      Extent: 96p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 30 November 2016
      ISBN: 9781596067912

Works about this Work

[Review] The Four Thousand, The Eight Hundred Robert Goodman , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 98 2017;

— Review of The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred Greg Egan , 2015 single work novella
Science Fiction and Fantasy N. K. Jemisin , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , 4 December 2016; (p. 83)

— Review of The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred Greg Egan , 2015 single work novella
Science Fiction and Fantasy N. K. Jemisin , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: The New York Times , 4 December 2016; (p. 83)

— Review of The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred Greg Egan , 2015 single work novella
[Review] The Four Thousand, The Eight Hundred Robert Goodman , 2017 single work review
— Appears in: Aurealis , no. 98 2017;

— Review of The Four Thousand, the Eight Hundred Greg Egan , 2015 single work novella
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