The Face of the Deep by Peter F. Hamilton:
Science Fiction Inventions, Technology and Ideas

"Carried Far Outside the Solar System and wrecked on a Volcanic Planetoid in Company with a Shipload of Condemned Criminals, Captain Future Faces the Supreme Test of His Courage!"


('The Face of the Deep' by Edmond Hamilton)

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Concentrated Cosmic Radiation
Passing through a region of intense radiation alters lifeforms.

Cubics
Small, square animals that can combine to create a larger entity.

Hive Mind
A group mind.

 

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