The Ascension Factor
- Published
- 1 January 1988
- Pages
- 359
- ISBN-13
- 9780441031276
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Ascension Factor, the 4th book in Destination: Void co-written by Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, was published in 1988 at 359 pages. It follows The Lazarus Effect in this catalogue's reading order.
Key facts about The Ascension Factor
Bill Ransom and Frank Herbert wrote The Ascension Factor, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1988. The book has 359 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780441031276 to find the main one.
The Ascension Factor is book 4 of 4 in the Destination: Void series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with Destination: Void (1966).
Additionally, Frank Herbert writes Dune and ConSentiency Universe as separate series. Those series sit on our science fiction shelf. It is also the latest published Frank Herbert book on file.
About Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert was an American science fiction author best known for Dune, the 1965 novel widely regarded as one of the most influential works in the genre's history and the bestselling science fiction novel of all time. See every Frank Herbert book in order.
Its place in Destination: Void
The Ascension Factor is book 4 in the Destination: Void series. It follows The Lazarus Effect. See the full Destination: Void reading order.
A generation ship crew is deliberately sabotaged by Earth's planners, its human command staff and cloned backups killed off one by one, forcing the surviving crew toward a desperate solution: building a true artificial consciousness to pilot the ship, because a colonizing mission without one cannot survive. Destination: Void (1966, revised 1978) is Frank Herbert working in claustrophobic hard-SF mode, a philosophical pressure-cooker about what it actually takes to bootstrap a genuine artificial god from first…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780441031276