The Dry Salvages by Caitlin R. Kiernan is a novella that delves into deep space horror, where a small crew embarks on a mission to investigate distant abandoned ruins, humanity's first proof of alien life. The story follows the crew's descent towards madness, prompted by the terrifying unknown they encounter. Told in memoir form by an old woman, the narrative creates a chilling atmosphere of psychological and Lovecraftian horror, blending elements of science fiction with eerie storytelling.
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The book features themes of insanity and psychological horror, which could be unsettling for some readers.
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Award-winning author Caitlmn R. Kiernan, best known for her contemporary settings, "gothnoir" tales of pain and wonder, and atmospheric stories of Lovecraftian terror, was first published as an author of dark science fiction. Now she returns to sf with a masterful thirty-thousand word novella, The Dry Salvages.Three centuries in the future, though much of Earth has been crippled by war, pollution, and catastrophic climatic change, man has at last traveled to the stars and even found evidence of at least one extraterrestrial civilization. In a bleak and frozen Paris, at the dawn of the 22nd Century, an old woman is forced to confront the consequences of her part in these discoveries and the ghosts that have haunted her for almost fifty years. The last surviving member of the crew of the starship Montelius, exopaleontologist Dr. Audrey Cather struggles to remember what she's spent so long trying to forget - the nightmare she once faced almost ninety trillion miles from Earth.
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