# The Mind Pool

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- Book: [The Mind Pool](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-sheffield/the-mind-pool) ([The Mind Pool.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-sheffield/the-mind-pool.md))
- Authors: [Charles Sheffield](https://www.bookquiver.com/charles-sheffield)
- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-05-7508-488-9
- Published: 2013-03-29
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

In the 23rd Century, out of all the races of the galaxy, only humanity has discovered the secret of travel between the stars - not so much because we're smart, but because we are incredibly gadget-orientated. We are also, compared to the galaxy's highest sophisticated norms, very, very tough, which most of the time does nothing for our social acceptability. But when a threat to all life in the galaxy arises from non-living biological constructs, suddenly the peculiar human virtues of valor and stubbornness make us the sword-wielding saviours of All...