Fermi's Progress – Chris Farnell 


 

“The Fermi is the Earth’s first and last faster-than-light-spaceship. The last, because it turns out its engine vaporises entire star systems in its wake. And nobody knows how to turn it off.”

Four planets. Four adventures. Four apocalypses.

A Dyson sphere, a philosophical zombie apocalypse, a giant airborne beehive and a galactic telesales scam. Each world brings new wonders, new dangers, and a planetary scale genocide. The Fermi crew must survive by what little wits they have as they bounce a trail of destruction across the galaxy.

For the first time all four parts of Fermi’s Progress are together in one volume.

"Simultaneously hilarious and tragic, a unique and fast-paced ride into new science fiction territory." Adrian Tchaikovsky

"Fermi's Progress is fresh, fun SF with a dark conceit, dangerous thought experiments, thrilling action adventures, and lots of wit and warmth." Ken MacLeod

"A mindbending meditation on human (and inhuman) nature, Fermi's Progress both dances around answering the woefully 21st century question of 'Are we alone in the universe', while ruminating on whether we should be." Aaron J. Waltke, Co-Executive Producer, Star Trek: Prodigy

"Simultaneously a tribute to the classic TV SF 'planet of the week' format and a very literal demolition job of the same - and so smart that it's never afraid to be silly. Brilliant stuff." Nate Crowley, author of Notes from Small Planets

"Clever and strange, genre-bending and darkly funny, it’ll take you on a ride between myriad times and places, Fermi’s Paradox observed through the lens of interstellar call-centres like it was the grim spawn of The Dark Forest and Hitchhiker’s Guide, or the fleshy junction of Alien, Embassytown, and Office Space." Andrew Skinner, author of Steel Frame

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Subgenres: Adventure, First Contact, Humorous, Space Exploration

Date first published:  July 7, 2022

On Kindle Unlimited: No

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Author Information

Twitter: @thebrainofchris

Website: http://chrisfarnell.com

Biography: Chris Farnell was born in Leicester before moving to Norwich and pretty much stopping there. He has written for Den of Geek, Wireframe and Rock, Paper, Shotgun. He has also written scenarios and material for roleplaying games including the Spire: The City Must Fall and Legacy: Life Among the Ruins source books, and is possibly more proud than he should be of authoring "Knock! Knock! Who's There?" the official (and potentially canonical) Doctor Who joke book. He has published an anthology, Dirty Work, and two novels, Mark II and Fermi's Progress.

Other information

Cover artist name: James Cooper

Cover artist website: https://mrjalco.co.uk/

Editor/Formatter’s name: Alina Sandu

Editor/Formatter’s website: https://alinasandu.co.uk/