Against Infinity (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Gregory Benford
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—extrapolatory
- Time of Work: The twenty-first century
- Setting: Jupiter’s moon Ganymede and Earth
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Other worlds, Twenty-first century, Bioengineering or biotechnology, Frontier or pioneer life, Quest
- Locales: Earth, Jupiter
The Plot
Closely modeled on William Faulkner’s 1942 novella “The Bear,” Against Infinity is a coming-of- age story developed in six parts. The story begins in Sidon, a frontier settlement on the Jovian moon Ganymede. The settlement has been plagued by a mysterious and elusive alien artifact called the Aleph. Its random burrowings throughout the interior of the moon threaten human efforts to terraform the moon and tame the wilderness.
Manuel López, the son of the settlement’s commanding officer, first sees the Aleph when he is thirteen years old and...
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