Speculative Fiction
Flying to Valhalla
1993·338 pages
A hard-SF novel exploring relativistic starships as potential weapons, blending first contact with paranoia about cosmic threats.
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A hard-SF novel exploring relativistic starships as potential weapons, blending first contact with paranoia about cosmic threats.
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A brilliant hard-tech debut novel by the well-known author of Her Name, Titanic and Unearthing Atlantis. On Earth, the designers of an advanced space mission fear they’ve put awesome power in the hands of a maniac, and in the depths of space, a hostile species awakens to the discovery of a new enemy--Earthlings.
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Married protagonists; limited romantic focus, no explicit content
Violence & gore
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Planetary annihilation via relativistic weapons; mass death as core threat
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Norse afterlife allusion in title; no overt faith practice
Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonic content present
Political content
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Government fear of rogue power; dictators; survival ethics of contact
Self-harm / suicide
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Abuse & suffering
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