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1990 novel by Charles Sheffield

Summertide
First edition cover Cover art by Barclay Shaw
Author	Charles Sheffield
Series	Heritage Universe
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	Gollancz Books
Publication date	April 1990
ISBN	978-0-575-04761-7
Followed by	Divergence (1990)

Summertide (1990) is a science fiction novel by American writer Charles Sheffield, the first of his series of Heritage Universe.

The story takes place millennia in the future, with humans having extensively colonized our spiral arm of the Milky Way and having encountered a number of intelligent alien races. Littered throughout the galaxy are hundreds of massive abandoned engineering projects built by a mysterious race, referred to as The Builders, extinct for three million years. An eclectic group of scientists and opportunists are descending upon one such artifact at a time when its surrounding environment is extremely dangerous to study an unusual phenomenon.

The novel includes excerpts from the Lang Universal Artifact Catalog (Fourth Edition), describing several Builder artifacts.

Divergence is the next book in the series.

Reception

Kirkus Reviews calls it an "above-average space opera", while Publishers Weekly states that the "'series stands on its own, even though many threads are left dangling."

References

"DIVERGENCE: VoL II of The Heritage Universe". Kirkus Reviews. January 15, 1991. Retrieved July 3, 2022.
"Summertide I by Charles Sheffield". Publishers Weekly. January 1, 1990. Retrieved July 3, 2022.

v t e Bibliography of 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)
Short fiction	"A Braver Thing" (1990) "Georgia on My Mind" (1993) "The Diamond Drill" (2002)

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