
'Mindbridge' by Joe Haldeman is a science fiction novel that explores the concept of first contact with an alien species. The story follows a unique protagonist facing extraordinary dilemmas while dealing with interstellar travel, planetary exploration, and the ability to form a mindbridge for mind reading. The plot involves encounters with intelligent alien presences and the challenges of communication and understanding between different species.
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Content warnings include themes of high fatality rates, ethical questions surrounding life and death, and recruitment of individuals for dangerous missions.
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A remarkable alien technology could have devastating consequences for humanity in this novel by the Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of The Forever War.
In the far future, the accidental scientific breakthrough known as the Levant-Meyer Translation changes everything. Suddenly people can leap instantaneously across the universe, albeit temporarily, enabling teams of Tamers to explore far-flung worlds and prepare them for possible human habitation.
But one expedition doesn’t make it back alive. Jacque Lefavre achieves his lifelong dream of becoming a Tamer when he joins the Agency for Extraterrestrial Development. On his first exploratory mission to a planet known as Groombridge, Lefavre and his team encounter something truly extraordinary: a small, nonsentient creature that, when joined with another of its kind, creates a telepathic “bridge.” But exploiting this psychic link could bring unanticipated perils, for it is about to bring Lefavre and his team into dangerously close contact with the L’vrai, an ancient, advanced, and hostile race of star travelers—an encounter that could prove to be the first step in humankind’s salvation .
. . or its doom. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Joe Haldeman including rare images from the author’s personal collection.
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