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Ancient Shores

by Jack McDevitt

Published: 1996-04-01
Hardcover : 395 pages

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Discovering a ten-thousand-year-old sea ship buried on his North Dakota farm, Tom Lasker uncovers a portal to another world and captures the attention of many others, including the Sioux nation, which believes that the portal leads to ...

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Something very strange has turned up in Tom Lasker's wheat field: a ten-thousand-year-old sailboat made of an unknown substance. And then there's the Roundhouse, apparently a doorway to another world, sitting squarely on Sioux reservation land. How did they get there, and what do they signify for the people embroiled in their discovery? This is sci-fi on a grand scale by the author of The Engines of God.

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by Margaret C. (see profile) 02/28/24

"Ancient Shores"by megan m. (see profile) 02/06/18

Thought provoking. Not only explores the concept of alternate worlds but the politics of having a portal here on earth. Delves into issues that would not have occurred to me.

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