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Nimrod Hunt is a science fiction novel by Charles Sheffield. The story takes place hundreds of years in the future, with humanity having extensively colonized surrounding space, including beyond the solar system. Humans have encountered three extraterrestrial races, which although all bizarrely different in physiology and psychology coexist peacefully. In order to defend from unknown threats beyond known space, a security company creates highly advanced robotic soldiers to patrol the border. Unfortunately these go haywire and become the single greatest threat. A series of four-member teams, with a representative from each species, is dispatched to deal with the problem. The action of the story follows one such team.
The novel is acclaimed by fans for being very inventive and having significant depth of character, and an extensively well developed fictional world.
The novel was revised as The Mind Pool with a different ending. In the preface to The Mind Pool, the author describes how he was unhappy with the original.
Novels by Charles Sheffield The Proteus Universe Sight of Proteus (1978) • Proteus Unbound (1989) • Proteus in the Underworld (1995)The Heritage Universe Summertide (1990) • Divergence (1991) • Transcendence (1992) • Convergence (1997) • Resurgence (2002)Other novels The Web Between The Worlds (1979) • My Brother's Keeper (1982, revised 1998) • The Selkie (1982) (with David Bischoff) • The McAndrew Chronicles (1983) • Between the Strokes of Night (1985) • The Nimrod Hunt (1986, revised 1993) • Trader's World (1988) • Brother to Dragons (1992) • Cold as Ice (1992) • Godspeed (1993) • The Mind Pool (1993) • The Judas Cross (1994) - With David Bischoff • The Ganymede Club (1995) • Higher Education (1995) • The Billion Dollar Boy (1997) • Putting Up Roots (1997) • Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997) • Aftermath (1998) • The Cyborg from Earth (1998) • Starfire (1999) • The Spheres of Heaven (2001) • Dark as Day (2002) • The Amazing Dr. Darwin (2002)Categories:- 1986 novels
- Novels by Charles Sheffield
- 1980s science fiction novels
- American science fiction novels
- 1980s science fiction novel stubs
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