Old book about an alien encased in a deposit of diamond
I'm hoping someone can remember the name of an old scifi book. A spaceship’s crew goes to a planet to mine a large deposit of diamond and find an alien entity encased in the diamond. They also go to the center of the galaxy in the story.
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I'm hoping someone can remember the name of an old scifi book. A spaceship’s crew goes to a planet to mine a large deposit of diamond and find an alien entity encased in the diamond. They also go to the center of the galaxy in the story.
story-identification aliens space-exploration
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they take a trip to the center of the galaxy
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Did they take the trip to the center of the galaxy before finding the planet? After? In the process of?
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I'm hoping someone can remember the name of an old scifi book. A spaceship’s crew goes to a planet to mine a large deposit of diamond and find an alien entity encased in the diamond. They also go to the center of the galaxy in the story.
story-identification aliens space-exploration
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I'm hoping someone can remember the name of an old scifi book. A spaceship’s crew goes to a planet to mine a large deposit of diamond and find an alien entity encased in the diamond. They also go to the center of the galaxy in the story.
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they take a trip to the center of the galaxy
– jtcoulter
4 hours ago
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Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy! This question would be improved by going through the checklists here; How to ask a good story-ID question?
– Valorum
4 hours ago
Did they take the trip to the center of the galaxy before finding the planet? After? In the process of?
– FuzzyBoots
2 hours ago
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they take a trip to the center of the galaxy
– jtcoulter
4 hours ago
1
Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy! This question would be improved by going through the checklists here; How to ask a good story-ID question?
– Valorum
4 hours ago
Did they take the trip to the center of the galaxy before finding the planet? After? In the process of?
– FuzzyBoots
2 hours ago
they take a trip to the center of the galaxy
– jtcoulter
4 hours ago
they take a trip to the center of the galaxy
– jtcoulter
4 hours ago
1
1
Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy! This question would be improved by going through the checklists here; How to ask a good story-ID question?
– Valorum
4 hours ago
Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy! This question would be improved by going through the checklists here; How to ask a good story-ID question?
– Valorum
4 hours ago
Did they take the trip to the center of the galaxy before finding the planet? After? In the process of?
– FuzzyBoots
2 hours ago
Did they take the trip to the center of the galaxy before finding the planet? After? In the process of?
– FuzzyBoots
2 hours ago
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they take a trip to the center of the galaxy
– jtcoulter
4 hours ago
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Welcome to Science Fiction & Fantasy! This question would be improved by going through the checklists here; How to ask a good story-ID question?
– Valorum
4 hours ago
Did they take the trip to the center of the galaxy before finding the planet? After? In the process of?
– FuzzyBoots
2 hours ago