The Genesis Quest

{{Short description|1986 novel by Donald Moffitt}} {{Multiple issues| {{All plot|date=March 2026}} {{one source|date=March 2026}} }} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox book |  | name = The Genesis Quest | image = File:The Genesis Quest.jpg | caption = First edition | author = Donald Moffitt | illustrator = | cover_artist = Ralph McQuarrie | country = United States | language = English | series = | genre = Science fiction | publisher = | release_date = 1986 | media_type = Print (Paperback) | pages = | isbn = 978-0743458337 | dewey= | congress= | oclc= | preceded_by = | followed_by = Second Genesis }} '''''The Genesis Quest''''' is a 1986 science fiction novel by American writer Donald Moffitt. It is part of a two-part series, the conclusion of the story being offered in ''Second Genesis''.

==Plot summary== An alien race (The Nar) assemble humans from a stream of genetic information transmitted by radio from the Milky Way Galaxy. The resulting colony of humans spend some time integrated into the Nar society before growing restless, discovering the secret of human longevity, and embarking on the seemingly impossible millennia-long mission of a physical journey back to Earth. This epic journey is made in a gigantic space-grown semi-sentient Dyson tree known as ''Yggdrasil''.

==Critical reception== Wiley Hall III of ''The Evening Sun'' wrote that "the science in this novel is convincing, and the conflict between Nar and humans is fascinating."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-sun-flying-trees-make-sense/193484177/|title=Flying trees make sense in 'Genesis Quest'|first=Wiley III|last=Hall|work=The Evening Sun|date=November 14, 1986|page=B2|via=Newspapers.com}} </ref>

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