Ratner's Star
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| Author | Don DeLillo |
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| Country |
United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fiction novel |
| Publisher | Alfred A. Knopf |
Publication date | June, 1976 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 438 pp (hardback first edition) |
| ISBN | 0-394-40083-6 |
Ratner's Star is a 1976 comic novel by Don DeLillo. It relates the story of a child prodigy mathematician who arrives at a secret installation to work on the problem of deciphering a mysterious message that appears to come from outer space. The novel is told in two parts; the first is a conventional narrative, the second is less so. The novel develops the idea that science, mathematics, and logic—in parting from mysticism—do not contain the fear of death, and therefore offer no respite.
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